2013 draws to a close with a mixed balance. Whilst turnover showed a slight increase of 0.4% (2012: 48.3 billion euro, 2013: 48.5 billion Euro), the number of trades went down 17% from 7.6 million in 2013 to 6.3 million in 2013.
In broker aided XONTRO trading 181,560 trades were concluded (2012: 156,517) – a growth of 16%. Turnover fell from 12.4 billion Euro in 2012 to 11 billion Euro in 2013 (- 11%). The turnover decline results from a reserve of German investors towards bonds. Whilst in 2012 shares accounted for 58% of all XONTRO trades, that number has risen to 60% in 2013.
Equiduct, Börse Berlin´s pan-European market place, increased its trading volume in shares by 4.5%, equating to a total Traded Value[1] of 37.5 billion 2013 (35.9 billion in 2012). The number of trades decreased by 19% to 6.1 million (7.5 million in 2012). During 2013 Equiduct has executed 1.7 million trades in its Best Execution service PartnerEx, saving retail investors across Europe 2.9 million Euro. For more information please visit www.equiduct.com