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According to the order book statistics, Boerse Stuttgart generated turnover in excess of EUR 9.2 billion in February 2012. This is equivalent to a rise of nearly 6 percent on the previous month and maintains the upward trend that has marked the year to date. Turnover in January was itself up significantly on the figure for December 2011.
Securitised derivatives accounted for the lion’s share of trading. Turnover in this investment class reached over EUR 4.1 billion, an increase of nearly 5 percent on the previous month. Investment products generated over EUR 2.2 billion of trades, while leverage products contributed around EUR 1.9 billion to the overall figure.
Trading in bonds rose in February by over 7 percent to almost EUR 3.2 billion. At over EUR 1.5 billion, nearly half of the total was attributable to corporate bonds. In this category, turnover was just under 15 percent up on the previous month and over 22 percent on the same month in 2011.
Equities ended the month above the EUR 1.2 billion mark, an increase of over 7 percent on the figure for January. Trading in this asset class was driven by domestic equities, which put on almost 10 percent to reach approximately EUR 1 billion.
Turnover for investment fund units and exchange-traded products (ETPs) stood at just below EUR 637 million, slightly up on the previous month. ETPs accounted for over EUR 570 million of the total transactions volume.
