Boerse Stuttgart generated turnover of around EUR 7.7 billion in November 2013, according to its order book statistics. This represents an increase of roughly 1.5 percent by comparison with October.
With a trading volume of around EUR 3.5 billion, slightly up on the previous month, securitised derivatives accounted for the largest share of total turnover. Trading in investment products was more than 2 percent higher at over EUR 2.2 billion. Driven by particularly strong demand, turnover in reverse convertibles rose by approximately 21 percent to around EUR 414 million. Leverage products ended the month at around EUR 1.2 billion, just below the October figure.
Trading in debt instruments produced turnover of around EUR 2.1 billion, more than 6 percent up on the total for October. Corporate bonds generated the biggest share of turnover in this asset class with an increase of roughly 15 percent on October to around EUR 921 million.
Turnover from equity trading in November reached over EUR 1.4 billion, around 3 percent up on the figure for October. Out of this total, approximately EUR 1.1 billion was generated by trading in German equities, an increase of around 40 percent on the same month in 2012, while international equities contributed roughly EUR 386 million to the overall total, almost double the trading volume achieved in November 2012.
Trading in investment fund units accounted for roughly EUR 676 million of the November total, with exchange-traded products (ETPs) contributing the lion’s share of roughly EUR 579 million. Trading in investment fund units generated turnover in the region of EUR 98 million, more than 11 percent up on the figure for October.