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The Spanish Stock Exchange Traded € 180.39 BN In June, 93% Up On 2006 - Monthly Record High In IBEX 35 Futures Trading

Date 02/07/2007

  • From January to June, equity Trading volume on the SIBE platform came in at € 859.32bn, 62% up on the same month last year and a half-yearly record high.

  • As to options and futures, 6,041,720 contracts were traded in June. Highlights include IBEX 35 Futures, at 815,812 contracts and Mini IBEX Futures, at 260,861 contracts, posting year on year increases of 43% and 54% respectively.

  • The trading volume in warrants and certificates in June was 472 million euros, 79% up on same month in 2006 and € 2.52 bn in the first half, 64% up on 2006.

  • The trading volume on AIAF in June came in at € 93.75 bn, a 22.1% increase on the same period last year.

Equities

In June trading in equities on the Spanish market through SIBE amounted to € 180.39 which represents a year on year increase of 93%. The number of trades reached 3.1 million, 73% up on the year.

The accumulated trading volume posted since January has come in at € 859.32 bn, 62 % up on 2006. The number of trades was 52% up on the year.

Trading on the Latibex market in June came in at € 71million, which represents a 5% increase on last year. The accumulated trading volume to June was € 440 million, 10% up on the same period 2006.

The ETFs segment posted an effective trading volume in June of € 302 million, 10% up on the previous month.

Warrants and Certificates

Trading volumes in June 2007 on the warrants and certificates market came in at € 472 million, which represents a 79% increase over the same month in 2006. The number of trades reached 72,416, which represents a 74% increase on the same month last year.

The accumulated figure up to June was € 2.52 bn million, 64% up on 2006. The number of trades increased 62%.

Futures and Options

In June Futures and Options trading through MEFF came in at 6,041,720 million contracts. It is worth mentioning the strong trading volume reached by IBEX 35 Futures, MEFF’s flagship product, with 815,812 contracts and a 43% yoy increase, which represents a record high for this product. Mini IBEX Futures trading came in at 260,861 contracts, 54% up on June 2006. Stock Options trading reached 1,388,457 contracts, 23% up on the year.

The accumulated trading volume on MEFF for the first 6 months of the year was 22 million contracts. Highlights include IBEX 35 Futures, MEFF’s flagship product, which posted 4.3 million contracts, 38% up on the year, and Mini IBEX 35 Futures, with 1.3 million contracts and a 68% annual increase.

Corporate Debt

Corporate Debt trading on AIAF in June was € 93.75 bn, 22.1% up on the year, leaving an accumulated trading volume of € 540.81 bn at half-year end and posting a 28.4% increase on the year.

New issues in June came in at € 322.77 bn, 31.5% up on June 2006. The total volume of new issues in June was € 43.85 bn.

The outstanding balance at the end of June was € 675.99 bn, 31.6% up on the year.

SENAF

Trading volume on SENAF in June was € 7.98 bn of which € 5.41bn correspond to bonds and obligations, € 2.365 bn to repo contracts and € 208 bn to Treasury Bills.