Some of the highest trading volumes of the year were recorded last month: according to its order book statistics, Boerse Stuttgart generated turnover of more than EUR 7.5 billion in November 2017. The trading volume was almost 24 percent higher than in the previous month.
Securitised derivatives accounted for the largest share of the turnover. The trading volume in this asset class was around EUR 3.2 billion – an increase of more than 29 percent in comparison with the previous month. Turnover in leverage products was up more than 42 percent compared with October, at more than EUR 1.6 billion. Turnover in derivative investment products was more than EUR 1.5 billion. The trading volume of investment products was more than 17 percent higher than in October.
In equity trading, the turnover was more than EUR 1.9 billion – up more than 29 percent year on year. German equities accounted for more than EUR 1.4 billion of the turnover in November, while international equities contributed more than EUR 513 million. This represents an increase of around 30 percent in both compared with November 2016.
Turnover in debt instrument (bond) trading was more than EUR 1.1 billion. Corporate bonds accounted for the largest share of the trading volume, with EUR 855 million.
The order book turnover in exchange-traded products (ETPs) was almost EUR 1.1 billion. This meant an increase in the trading volume of more than 38 percent compared with the previous month, while the turnover in investment fund units was more than EUR 144 million. This represents an increase of more than 40 percent compared with November 2016.
