According to the order-book statistics, which are based on single-counting of all transactions in the Xetra order-book and broker-supported trading on the floor, the total equities turnover posted on the German stock exchanges in 2005, with 1.3 trillion euros in volume, increased by 28 percent year-on-year (2004: 989 billion euros). About 1.2 trillion euros of this total was traded in German equities (2004: 925 billion euros), and some 76 billion euros in foreign equities (2004: 64 billion euros).
In 2005, Deutsche Börse´s XTF segment for exchange-traded funds reached the highest annual turnover since the launch of the segment in April 2000 with an estimated amount of 46 billion euros. By the end of November 2005, the assets under management in XTF reached a new record with 26 billion euros (end of Nov. 2004: 14.7 billion euros). In 2005, 23 ETFs were listed in XTF. With currently 77 index funds the XTF segment offers the largest range of listed ETFs of all European stock exchanges and is Europe´s leading market place for exchange-traded funds.
In 2005, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange was again the leading retail stock exchange in Germany. 98 percent of trading in German equities takes place on Xetra and the floor of the FWB Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse (Frankfurt Stock Exchange). The Frankfurt floor is the most liquid market place and market leader with a share of 65 percent in retail trading on the floor in Germany.
