Monthly trading statements for BME's Markets
- The volume traded in Equities is up 16% so far this year
- Fixed Income trading in May is 41% higher than in April
- Trading in IBEX 35 index futures contracts to May increases 16.4%
The Spanish stock exchange traded 32.2 billion euros in Equities in May, 0.6% more than in the same month of 2021 and 12.6% less than in the previous month. In the first five months of the year, the trading volume grew 16%. The number of trades in May was 3.4 million, 1.5% less than in May 2021 and 7.4% higher than April 2022.
BME's market share in Spanish equities stood at 65,54%. The average spread in this month was 7.11 basis points at the first price level (5.3% better than the next trading venue) and 9.42 basis points with order book depth of 25,000 euros (27.8% better), according to an independent report by LiquidMetrix, available here: Reports DR (EU) 2017/575 | BME Exchange. All figures include both transparent order book (LIT) trading – including auctions – and non-transparent (dark) off-book trading.
The volume traded in May in the Fixed Income markets reached 12.2 billion euros, 41% higher than in April. New issues, including Public Debt and Private Fixed Income issues, amounted to 24.5 billion euros, which implies a 12.6% decrease compared to the same month the previous year and a drop of 36.3% compared to April.
The outstanding balance stood at 1.76 trillion euros, up 2.4% so far this year and up 3.4% compared to May 2021.
The Financial Derivatives market traded 2 million contracts in May, representing a nominal 41.1 billion euros.
Trading increased by 16.4% in IBEX 35 Futures and by 17% in Mini IBEX Futures. In May trading in Mini IBEX Options increased by 32.4% and by 28.6% in Stock Options, both compared to the same month a year earlier.
Compared to April, the open position in May increased 5.8% in IBEX 35 Futures, 16.4% in Mini IBEX Futures, 28.5% in Mini IBEX Options and 3.2% in Stock Options.
Trading by business areas and assets
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|
May 2022 |
%Change April22 |
%Change May21 |
Year to Date 2022 |
Equities(1) |
|
|
|
|
- Equities |
32,237.2 |
-12.6% |
0.6% |
16.0% |
Number of trades |
3,410.2 |
7.4% |
-1.5% |
-4.4% |
- Warrants |
45.8 |
26.9% |
70.7% |
52.8% |
Number of trades |
7.4 |
30.8% |
27.8% |
29.4% |
- ETFs |
151.8 |
9.1% |
14.5% |
30.9% |
Number of trades |
8.3 |
13.8% |
8.6% |
10.7% |
Fixed Income(1) |
|
|
|
|
- Traded Volume(2) |
12,241.8 |
41.0% |
-51.1% |
-53.4% |
- New Issues |
24,537.8 |
-36.3% |
-12.6% |
-2.5% |
- Outstanding Balance |
1,760,223.7 |
0.5% |
3.4% |
2.4% |
Financial derivatives(3) |
|
|
|
|
- Futures: IBEX 35 |
449.8 |
9.5% |
9.1% |
16.4% |
Mini IBEX 35 |
85.8 |
17.2% |
14.5% |
17.0% |
Shares |
68.0 |
549.2% |
-96.7% |
-23.9% |
- Options: IBEX 35 |
155.6 |
25.4% |
32.4% |
1.4% |
Shares |
1219.3 |
7.8% |
28.6% |
-7.1% |
(1) Effective trading volume by asset type in million euros; number of trades in thousands
(2) The trading volume includes only trading on electronic platforms
(3) Thousands of contracts