BM&FBOVESPA Sets New Trading Record For ETFs - The Number Of ETF Trades Hits New Historic High Of 4,737

BM&FBOVESPA hit a new historic high today with a total of 4,737 ETF trades. In just one day the BOVA11 registered 4,457 trades (872,200 shares at the average price of BRL68.54), reaching BRL59.8 million in total financial volume. All of the other ETFs together registered a total of 280 trades. The previous record was set on August 3 of this year when a total of 2,247 ETF trades were registered, at that time 2,134 were from the BOVA11 and 113 were from all other ETFs.

ETF

ETFs are funds which mirror indexes and their units are traded on the Exchange just like shares. When investors buy the units of any given ETF, they become holders of all the component shares of the index which that ETF replicates without having to buy the shares of each company in the index separately. As a result, ETFs provide investors with a fast, efficient and practical investment opportunity which also facilitates their ability to closely follow the performance of their investment in the respective index.

There are currently seven index funds (ETFs) trading at BM&FBOVESPA. Six are managed by BLACKROCK BRASIL and they are: BOVA11 (iShares Ibovespa Fundo de Índice), SMAL11 (iShares BM&FBOVESPA Small Cap Fundo de Índice), MILA11 (iShares BM&FBOVESPA MidLarge Cap Fundo de Índice), BRAX (iShares Índice Brasil IBrX-100 Fundo de Índice); CSMO (iShares Índice BM&FBOVESPA de Consumo Fundo de Índice); and MOBI (iShares Índice BM&FBOVESPA Imobiliário Fundo de Índice). The seventh, PIBB11 (PIBB Fundo de Índice Brasil - 50 - Brasil Tracker), is managed by Banco Itaú.