The Spanish Exchange traded €34.68 bn. in March
Monthly trading statements for BME markets
- Up 7.2% from February but 29% lower than in March 2018
- Fixed Income trading reached €38.63 billion in March (+109%)
- Trading in Stock Futures soared 69.8% in the first three months and IBEX Impacto Dividendo Futures increased 54%
The Spanish Exchange traded 34.68 billion euros in Equities in March, 7.2% more than in February and down 29.6% from the same month in 2018. The number of trades stood at 3.1 million, up 12.5% from the previous month and 17.8% less than in March 2018.
The trading volume in the ETF segment in March reached 137.8 million euros, 8.7% more than in the previous month and down 38.6% from the same month a year earlier. The number of trades in March reached 5,381, up 16.3% from the previous month and 34.2% less than in the same month in 2018.
The Fixed Income market maintained a high level of activity. The total volume accumulated in the year grew by 88.9%, after registering a trade worth 38.63 billion euros in March, up 109.9% from the same month of 2018.
Additionally, the issues admitted to trading have increased by 13.8% since the beginning of the year and the outstanding balance has grown by 3.5%.
Trading in the Financial Derivatives in the first quarter of the year increased by 2.7% compared to the same period in 2018. This increase focused mainly on Stock Futures, where trading increased by 69.8% and on IBEX Impacto Dividendo Futures, which increased by 54%. In March, trading in IBEX 35 Options grew by 11.6% compared to March 2018.
The open interest on Financial Derivatives as a whole increased by 2.2% compared to the same month in the previous year.
Trading by type of asset:
|
March19 |
%Feb19 |
%March18 |
Year to date |
|
|
Equities (1) |
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|
- Shares |
34,680 |
7.2% |
-29.6% |
-26.1% |
|
Nº of trades |
3,140,0 |
12.5% |
-17.8% |
-23.9% |
|
- Warrants |
28.2 |
17.5% |
-36.3% |
-30.1% |
|
Nº of trades |
6.5 |
11.8% |
-16.4% |
-24.6% |
|
- ETFs |
137.8 |
8.7% |
-38.6% |
-52.4% |
|
Nº of trades |
5.4 |
16.3% |
-34.2% |
-49.1% |
|
Fixed Income |
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|
Traded Volume (2) |
38,632 |
34.4% |
109.9% |
88.9% |
|
New Issues |
35,672 |
67.3% |
31.7% |
13.8% |
|
Outstanding Balance |
1,564,064 |
0.8% |
1.6% |
3.5% |
|
Financial Derivatives (3) |
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|
- Futures: IBEX 35 |
501 |
5.9% |
-11.3% |
-13.5% |
|
Mini IBEX |
117 |
1.7% |
-15.3% |
-18.2% |
|
Shares |
3,070 |
4.623.0% |
26.3% |
69.8% |
|
- Options: IBEX35 |
405 |
94.7% |
11.6% |
-27% |
|
Shares |
1,372 |
28.9% |
-23.8% |
-22% |
(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
