The Spanish stock market trades 32 billion euros in January, up 15.3%
MONTHLY TRADING STATEMENTS FOR BME’S MARKETS
- The number of Equity trades is up 16.3% from the previous month
- New issues the Fixed Income markets in January increased by 128.1%
- The Financial Derivatives market traded 1.5 million contracts
The Spanish stock exchange traded 32 billion euros in Equities in January, up 15.3% from the previous month and up 3.1% from the same month in 2021. The number of trades was 3.68 million, 16.3% higher than in December and 15.9% lower than in January last year.
BME's market share in Spanish equities in 2021 stood at 69,37%. %. The average spread in this month was 5.75 basis points at the first price level (11.9% better than the next trading venue) and 7.94 basis points with order book depth of 25,000 euros (37.1% better), according to an independent report by LiquidMetrix, available here: https://www.bmerv.es/ing/Miembros/MIFID_II.aspx. All figures include both transparent order book (LIT) trading – including auctions – and non-transparent (dark) off-book trading.
The trading volume in January on the Fixed Income markets reached 14.7 billion euros, 85.2% more than in December and 23% below the level of January 2021. New issues, including Public Debt and Private Fixed Income, amounted to 45 billion euros, up 128.1% from the previous month.
The outstanding balance stood at 1.72 trillion euros, an increase of 0.2% in the month and up 3% from January 2021.
The Financial Derivatives market traded 1.5 million contracts in January, representing a notional 41.7 million euros, 13.16% more than in the same month of the previous year. Trading in Futures on the IBEX 35 index increased by 9.9% compared to January 2021 and in Mini IBEX Futures contracts by 6.9% compared to December. Trading in Equity Futures contracts was 80.6% higher than in the same month of the previous year and the open interest in these contracts was 33% higher.
Trading by business areas and assets
|
January 2022 |
%Change Jan22-Dec21 |
%Change Jan22-Jan21 |
|
|
Equities(1) |
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|
- Equities |
32,045.3 |
15.3% |
3.1% |
|
Number of trades |
3,684.1 |
16.3% |
-15.9% |
|
- Warrants |
27.6 |
19.3% |
34.1% |
|
Number of trades |
6.7 |
19.1% |
16.4% |
|
- ETFs |
95.2 |
-7.9% |
-29.3% |
|
Number of trades |
6.4 |
1.3% |
-18.4% |
|
Fixed Income(1) |
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|
- Traded Volume(2) |
14,642.9 |
85.2% |
-23.0% |
|
- New Issues |
44,962.8 |
128.1% |
-24.8% |
|
- Outstanding Balance |
1,722,958.2 |
0.2% |
3.0% |
|
Financial derivatives(3) |
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|
- Futures: IBEX 35 |
449.2 |
2.2% |
9.9% |
|
Mini IBEX 35 |
76.4 |
6.9% |
-7.1% |
|
Shares |
22.5 |
-98.2% |
80.6% |
|
- Options: IBEX 35 |
123.3 |
-49.3% |
-14.7% |
|
Shares |
863.6 |
-60.7% |
-40.8% |
(1) Effective trading volume by asset type in million euros; number of trades in thousands
(2) The trading volume includes only trading on electronic platforms
(3) Thousands of contracts
