According to its order book statistics, Boerse Stuttgart achieved a turnover of around EUR 7.9 billion in April 2011. This meant that trading volumes were at the level of April 2010. In comparison with the eventful months at the beginning of the year, trading activities among investors were less buoyant also due to a number of public holidays.
The lion's share of trading volume was accounted for by securitised derivatives. At more than EUR 4.1 billion, turnover in April was lower than in the record-breaking month of March, but nevertheless slightly up on the figure for April 2010. Both leverage products and investment products accounted for around EUR 2 billion of turnover.
Turnover in debt instrument trading at the Stuttgart Stock Exchange remained vigorous and, at more than EUR 2.2 billion, was only slightly below the trading volume for April 2010. In April 2011, more than half of turnover in bond trading was generated by corporate bonds, in excess of EUR 1.2 billion. Euro-denominated government bonds accounted for around 20 percent of turnover, a strong rise that can particularly be attributed to trading in Greek government bonds.
In April trading volumes in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and exchange-traded commodities (ETCs) amounted to some EUR 409 million. Equities trading grew by 1.9 percent year-on-year, reaching around EUR 998 million.
