The Spanish Stock Exchange Trades The First ETF On Spanish Sovereign DEBT - The Trading Volume On The ETF Segment To The End Of February Reached €563 Million, Up 70% From The Same Period Last Year

The Spanish Stock Exchange Trades The First ETF On Spanish Sovereign Debt - The Trading Volume On The ETF Segment To The End Of February Reached €563 Million, Up 70% From The Same Period Last Year

Date 19/03/2013

The Spanish Stock Exchange today started the trading of one new exchange-traded fund (ETF) issued by LYXOR, Société Générale’s asset manager: the ETF is called Lyxor ETF MTS Spain Government Bond All Maturity.

The new ETF tracks the performance of the MTS Spain Government Index (All maturity), which comprises Spanish sovereign debt securities with over one-year maturities, issued by the Spanish Government.

This issue brings the number of ETFs listed on the Spanish Stock Exchange to 70. Société Générale in Spain will act as the specialist intermediary throughout the trading session.

The trading volume on the ETF segment to the end of February reached €563 million on 9,881 trades, up 70% and 86% from the same period last year respectively.