Deutsche Börse: Cashmarket Turned Over 1.14 Trillion Euros Last Year - Securities Worth €1.31 Trillion Traded On All Exchanges In Germany In 2009 - Cashmarket Turnover In December At 81.2 Billion Euros

In 2009 1.14 trillion euros were turned over at the cashmarket of Deutsche Börse. This is a decline of 50 percent compared to 2008 (€2.26 trillion). With 1.06 trillion euros the major parts falls upon the fully electronic trading system Xetra (2008: €2.26 trillion), 77.4 billion euros were traded on the floor (2008: €112.9 billion). All exchanges in Germany turned over 1.3 billion euros, a decline by 52 percent (2008: € 2.47 trillion).

In December 2009 on Xetra and the Frankfurt floor €81.2 billion were turned over. The amount is down 21.7 percent compared to December 2008 (€103.7). Thereof 75.5 billion were traded on Xetra (down 19.9 percent; December 2008: €94.3 billion) and 5.7 billion euros on the floor. 68.7 billion euros were turned over in German equities and €9.8 billion in foreign shares. 96.7 percent of the transaction volume with German equities and 92 percent of foreign equities were traded on Xetra and on the floor at Börse Frankfurt.

According to the Xetra liquidity measure (XLM), Siemens AG was the most liquid DAX blue chip in December with 7 basis points (bp) for an order volume of €100,000. Heidelberg Cement AG was the most liquid MDAX stock with 19 bp. The most liquid ETF was db x-trackers ETF II-EONIA T.R. 1C with 0.4 bp. The most liquid foreign stock was Total S.A. with 15 bp. XLM measures liquidity in electronic securities trading on the basis of the implicit transaction costs. It is expressed in basis points (1 bp = 0.01 percent); a low XLM denotes high liquidity in a security.

Siemens AG was the strongest DAX stock on Xetra in December at €5.2 billion. Heidelberg Cement AG was the top MDAX stock at €631.2 million, while Deutsche Wohnen AG led the SDAX at €25.8 million and Aixtron AG headed the TecDAX at €607.6 million. At €1.0 billion, the iShares

On all stock exchanges in Germany €92.3 billion were traded in December according to order book turnover statistics – a decline by 24 percent compared year-on-year (December 2008: €122 billion). This total includes €83.9 billion in equities, warrants and exchange-traded funds, as well as €8.4 billion in fixed-income securities.

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