- Equity Turnover on the SIBE platform in the first quarter came in at € 417.83 bn, 54.6% up on the same month last year.
- Equity trading in March on the ETFs segment increased 161.7% on the previous month.
- MEFF trading reached 6,097,284 contracts; highlights include two record highs: IBEX 35 Futures, at 805,225 contracts and Mini IBEX 35 Futures, at 279,941 contracts, 59% and 111% up on the year respectively.
- Corporate Debt trading on AIAF in March reached € 95.331 bn, 44.4% up on the same month the previous year.
Equities
In March trading in equities on the Spanish market through SIBE amounted to € 161.49 bn which represents a year on year increase of 82.4%. The number of trades reached 3.25 million, 63.3 % up on the year. Both figures represent monthly records.
The accumulated trading volume posted since January has come in at € 417.83 bn, 54.6% up on 2006. The number of trades was 51.7% up on the year.
Equity turnover on the Latibex market posted a monthly record high, recording a 22.9 % increase from the same month in 2006. As regards the quarterly figures, equity turnover increased by 5.9% on the year, posting a quarterly record high.
Equity turnover on the ETFs segment came in at € 482 million, 161.7% up on the previous year. The number of trades increased by 11.7%.
Warrants and Certificates
Trading volumes in March 2007 on the warrants and certificates market came in at € 457 million, which represents a 80.4% increase over the same month in 2006. The number of trades reached 79,084, up 73.7% on the same month last year.
The accumulated figure up to March was € 1.18 bn, 57.7% up on 2006. The number of trades increased over 52.5%.
Futures and Options
In March Futures and Options trading through MEFF came in at 6,097,284 contracts. It is worth mentioning the trading in IBEX 35 Futures, at 805,225 contracts and in Mini IBEX 35 Futures, at 279,941 contracts; with year on year increases of 59% and 111% respectively, both these products posted monthly record highs in trading. Also of note was trading in IBEX 35 Options, at 515,609 contracts, 32% up on the year.
The accumulated quarterly figure was 10.9 million contracts; highlights include IBEX 35 Futures, at 2.1 million contracts, 44% up on the year, and Mini IBEX 35 Futures, at 629,813 contracts, and a 86% increase on the same period 2006.
Corporate Debt
Corporate Debt trading on AIAF in March increased by 44.4% on the year to € 95.33 bn, leaving an accumulated trading volume of € 282.15 bn at quarter-end and posting a 36.3% increase on the year.
New issues in March came in at € 69.19 bn, 53.3% up on the year. The total volume of new issues during the first quarter represented € 175.62 bn, posting a 41.3% increase on the year.
The outstanding balance at the end of March was € 645.46 bn, recording an increase of 53.3% on the same period in 2006.
SENAF
Trading volume on SENAF in March was € 7.20 bn. Of this volume, 94% was concentrated in bonds and notes traded on the expiry date.
