Equities
In April trading in equities on the Spanish market through SIBE amounted to € 77.53 which represents a year on year increase of 3.5%.
The accumulated trading volume posted since January has come in at € 347.82 bn, 25% up on 2005. The number of trades was over 27% up on the year.
Trading on the Latibex market came in at € 55 million, which represents a 19% increase from the same month in 2005.
Accumulated trading volume on the Latibex market up to April was € 259 million, 60% up on 2005. The number of trades on this market grew over 73% on the year.
The return on the IBEX 35® index in April was 0.64% and the accumulated growth came in at 10.79%. The return on the IBEX 35® with dividends for the same period was 11.78%. The monthly returns on the IBEX MEDIUM CAP® and IBEX SMALL CAP® were 17.18% and 24.97% respectively. The accumulated return on the FTSE Latibex TOP index up to April was 11.17%.
Warrants and Certificates
Trading volumes in April 2006 on the warrants and certificates market came in at € 189 million, which represents a 13% increase over the same month in 2005.
The accumulated figure up to April was € 940 million, 31% up on 2005. The number of trades increased by 44%.
Futures and Options
In April Futures and Options trading through MEFF came in at 2.26 million contracts, 23% up on last year. It is worth noting the heavy trading activity posted by stock options, at 1.02 million contracts and IBEX 35® Futures, at 466,537 contracts, 3% up on the year.
The accumulated quarterly figure was 16.3 million contracts, 45% up on the same period last year. It is worth mentioning the heavy trading in Stock Futures, at 7,6 million contracts (+64%), Stock Options, at 4.7 million contracts (+55%) and IBEX 35® Futures, at 1.9 million contracts and a 14% increase on the year.
Corporate Debt
Corporate Debt trading on AIAF in April reached € 63.19 bn, leaving an accumulated trading volume of € 270.27 bn at quarter-end.
New issues in April came in at € 43.16 bn , leaving an accumulated volume at the end of the month of € 167.42 bn.
The outstanding balance at the end of April was € 491.85 bn. Accumulated net financing provided during the first quarter reached € 49.44 million.
SENAF
Trading volume on SENAF in April was € 9.75 bn, leaving an accumulated figure for the first four months of the year of € 68.06 bn.
