The average daily financial volume traded at the Brazilian Securities, Commodities and Futures Exchange – BM&FBOVESPA equity markets reached a record BRL 6.840 billion during the fourth quarter of 2009. The amount surpasses in 3.34% the previous record, of BRL 6.618 billion, set during the fourth quarter of 2007. It is also 31.19% greater than the average daily volume traded in the third quarter of 2009, of BRL 5.214 billion.
Due to this historic record, the average daily volume registered during the second semester of 2009 reached BRL 6.001 billion; 32% superior to the average daily volume of BRL 4.560 billion, registered in the first six months of last year.
During the fourth quarter, foreign investor participation in the traded volume was 31.7%, followed by individual investors (29.1%), institutional investors (27.1%), financial institutions (9.8%), and others (0.06%).
