The Spanish Exchange traded €49.04 bn. in April
MONTHLY TRADING STATEMENTS FOR BME MARKETS
- Up 41.4% from March, it has been the highest figure since last October
- Fixed Income trading in April reached €27.77 billion, up 101.6% yoy
- Trading in Financial Derivatives grew 13.5% in the first four months of the year
The Spanish Exchange traded 49.03 billion euros in Equities in April, 41.4% more than in March - despite April having fewer trading sessions. It has been the best month since October last year. The year-on-year decline was 25.4%. The number of trades stood at 2.9 million, down 7% from the previous month and 0.8% less than in April 2018.
The trading volume in the ETF segment in April reached 127.1million euros, down 7.7% from the previous month and down 39.2% from the same month a year earlier. The number of trades in April reached 4,771, down 11.3% from the previous month and 1.2% less than in the same month in 2018.
Fixed Income trading has continued posting high volumes. In April, trading reached 27.77 billion euros, 101.6% more than in the same month the previous year. The trading volume for first four months of the year totalled 128.57 billion euros, up 91.5% from the same period a year earlier. On 15 April SEND, BME’s Fixed Income platform, recorded a daily trading record high, at 6.68 billion euros.
The primary market also continues registering a high level of activity. The volume of issues admitted to trading has increased 15% since the beginning of the year, totalling 142 billion euros in the first four months of the year. The outstanding balance increased by 1.5% compared to the end of December 2018.
Trading in the Financial Derivatives market in the first four months of the year increased by 13.5% compared to the same period in 2018. This increase focused mainly on Stock Futures, where trading increased by 105.6% to the end of April. Trading in Futures on Stock Dividends soared 90% and 106% in IBEX 35 Impacto Dividendo Futures. In April trading in IBEX 35 Options grew by 85.7% from the same period a year earlier.
The open interest on Financial Derivatives as a whole increased by 11% compared to the previous month. The main increase took place in Stock Futures, which increased by 34%. The open interest on IBEX 35 Futures and Options grew by 9%.
Trading by type of asset:
|
April19 |
%March19 |
%April18 |
Year to date |
|
|
Equities (1) |
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|
- Shares |
49,039.8 |
41.4% |
-25.4% |
-25.9% |
|
Nº of trades |
2,919.3 |
-7.0% |
-0.8% |
-19.5% |
|
- Warrants |
27.0 |
-4.2% |
-4.9% |
-25.4% |
|
Nº of trades |
5.6 |
-14.2% |
-3.5% |
-20.6% |
|
- ETFs |
127.1 |
-7.7% |
-39.2% |
-50.1% |
|
Nº of trades |
4.8 |
-11.3% |
-1.2% |
-42.6% |
|
Fixed Income |
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|
Traded Volume (2) |
27,777.5 |
-39.0% |
101.6% |
91.5% |
|
New Issues |
22,121.1 |
-37.9% |
21.6% |
15.0% |
|
Outstanding Balance |
1,542,870.2 |
-1,1% |
1,1% |
1,5% |
|
Financial Derivatives (3) |
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|
- Futures: IBEX 35 |
451.5 |
-10,0% |
-1,3% |
-11,0% |
|
Mini IBEX |
97.3 |
-16,8% |
-8,1% |
-16,2% |
|
Shares |
2,223.3 |
-27,6% |
281,3% |
105,6% |
|
- Options: IBEX35 |
239.5 |
-40,9% |
85,7% |
-15,0% |
|
Shares |
810.3 |
-40,9% |
-34,6% |
-24,6% |
(1) By asset type in million euros; number of trades in thousands
(2) Since implementation of MiFID II only trading on electronic platforms included
(3) Thousands of contracts
Historical statistics can be consulted through this link:
https://www,bolsasymercados,es/ing/Studies-Research/Statistics
