The Spanish stock exchange traded €50.8 billion in January
- Up 6.6% from December 2017 and the best month since October
- The number of trades in January were up 28.7% from the preceding month
The Spanish Stock Exchange traded €50.8 billion in January, up 6.6% from December 2017and the best month since October. The number of trades came in at 4.2 million in January, up 28.7% from the preceding month.
Trading of Financial Derivatives increased 3.5% year-on year in January. There was growth in IBEX 35 futures, Mini IBEX 35 Futures, IBEX 35 Options and Futures on Stocks. The open interest in these contracts increased 16%, 23%, 38% and 34% respectively.
As regards Fixed Income it is worth mentioning the new issues admitted to MARF in January, which reached €2.5 billion, up 14.8% year-on-year.
Trading by type of asset:
|
Jan18 |
% vs Dec17 |
% vs Jan17 |
|
|
Equities (1) |
|||
|
- Shares |
50,839 |
6.6% |
-9.8% |
|
Nº of trades |
4,232 |
28.7% |
8.2% |
|
- Warrants |
35 |
22.7% |
-23.0% |
|
Nº of trades |
7.8 |
23.7% |
-18.3% |
|
- ETFs |
355 |
18.8% |
39.3% |
|
Nº of trades |
9.4 |
59.1% |
21.0% |
|
Financial Derivatives (2) |
|||
|
- Futures: IBEX 35 |
521 |
0.8% |
4.8% |
|
Mini IBEX |
123 |
-2.6% |
4.7% |
|
Shares |
404 |
-82.0% |
22.0% |
|
- Options: IBEX35 |
412 |
-30.2% |
11.8% |
|
Shares |
1,699 |
-22.1% |
-2.8% |
|
Fixed Income (1) |
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|
Traded Volume (3) |
19,279 |
172.2% |
-27.4% |
|
New Issues |
46,340 |
34.7% |
-18.2% |
|
Outstanding Balance |
1,369,032 |
-3.1% |
1.4% |
(1) By asset type in million euros; number of trades in thousands
(2) Thousands of contracts
(3) Since implementation of MiFID II only trading on electronic platforms included
Historical statistics can be consulted through this link:
https://www.bolsasymercados.es/ing/Studies-Research/Statistics
