The Spanish Exchange traded €40.13 billion in May
- It represents a 18.2% decrease from April, although the number of trades increased by 4.5%
- Fixed Income trading volume increased 36.7% to 29.63 billion euros year-on-year
- The trading volume in Financial Derivatives increased by 9% in the first five months of the year
The Spanish Exchange traded 40.13 billion euros in Equities in May, down 18.2% from April and 22.3% * less than in the same month the previous year. The number of trades in May was 3.04 million, up 4.5% from April and down 22.7% from May last year.
The Fixed Income area has continued reporting high trading volumes. In May the trading volume reached 29.63 billion euros, up 36.7% year-on-year. The total trading volume for the first five months of the year reached 158.20 billion euros, up 78.1% from the same period last year.
The primary market also maintained a high level of activity. The issues admitted to trading have increased by 14.9% since the start of the year to reach 165.44 billion euros in the first five months. The outstanding balance increased by 2.7% compared to the close of December 2018.
The trading volume in Financial Derivatives for the first five months increased by 9% compared to the same period of 2018. This increase is due to the higher trading in Stock Futures, up 85.9%. Trading rose 14.1% in IBEX 35 Futures and it grew 45.1% in Mini Ibex Futures compared to April.
The open interest in IBEX 35 Futures rose by 4.8%, and it increased by 56.7% on Stock Futures.
*Excluding the trading volume resulting from takeover bid for Abertis on 15 May 2018
Trading by type of asset:
|
May19 |
%April 19 |
%May18 |
Year to date |
|
|
Equities (1) |
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|
- Shares |
40,137.5 |
-18.2% |
-22.3% * |
-25.2% |
|
Nº of trades |
3,049.4 |
4.5% |
-22.7% |
-20.1% |
|
- Warrants |
28.3 |
5.1% |
-16.5% |
-23.8% |
|
Nº of trades |
6.9 |
23.2% |
-16.1% |
-19.7% |
|
- ETFs |
156.9 |
23.4% |
-60.5% |
-52.7% |
|
Nº of trades |
5.8 |
21.7% |
-41.4% |
-42.3% |
|
Fixed Income |
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|
Traded Volume (2) |
29,637.3 |
6.7% |
36.7% |
78.1% |
|
New Issues |
23,441.1 |
6.0% |
14.2% |
14.9% |
|
Outstanding Balance |
1,555,408.1 |
0.5% |
1.5% |
2.7% |
|
Financial Derivatives (3) |
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|
- Futures: IBEX 35 |
515.3 |
14.1% |
-15.3% |
-11.9% |
|
Mini IBEX |
141.2 |
45.1% |
-3.8% |
-13.5% |
|
Shares |
872.5 |
-60.8% |
4.6% |
85.9% |
|
- Options: IBEX35 |
308.0 |
28.6% |
1.4% |
-11.8% |
|
Shares |
1,192.0 |
47.1% |
-19.3% |
-23.5% |
(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
