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According to the order book statistics, the volume of securities traded at Boerse Stuttgart in April 2013 was around EUR 7.4 billion, slightly below the figure for March. Trading in securitised derivatives accounted for the lion’s share of turnover. This asset class generated a trading volume of around EUR 3.5 billion, over 6 percent up on the previous month. At around EUR 1.5 billion, turnover for leverage products was roughly 10 percent higher in April. Investment products contributed around EUR 2 billion to the total figure. Turnover for both bonus and tracker certificates rose by around 15 percent compared to the figures for March.
Trading in debt instruments was slightly higher than in April 2012 at roughly EUR 2 billion. At around EUR 894 million, the biggest share of total turnover was attributable to corporate bonds.
Equities generated turnover in excess of EUR 1 billion, with German and international shares accounting for around EUR 800 million and around EUR 251 million respectively.
Trading in investment fund units contributed approximately EUR 825 million to the April total. Turnover in this asset class was up 26 percent on the previous month. Exchange-traded products (ETPs) stood at EUR 742 million, 28 percent up in terms of order book turnover, making them by far the most popular choice. Investment fund units produced turnover of around EUR 83 million, 11 percent up on the figure for March.
Note on the monthly statistics:
Boerse Stuttgart’s monthly statistics are reported on the basis of the order book turnover. The turnovers of all the securities traded on each trading day are documented clearly and verifiably. The recording of securities transactions by order book is practised by all intermediary-based German stock exchanges and serves as a basis for comparing trading turnovers. For the securitised derivatives asset class, Boerse Stuttgart also calculates the trading turnover according to the volume of customer orders executed and forwards these to the German Derivatives Association (Deutscher Derivate Verband - DDV). This ensures that comparisons between the different stock exchanges can also be made with regard to securitised derivatives.
