In December 2007 trading in equities on the Spanish market through SIBE amounted to 107.10 billion, the number of trades during the same period was 2.4 million, 19% up on the year.
The annual turnover was 1.7 trillion, 45% up on 2006. The number of trades during this period was 34.5 million, 51% up on the previous year. Both figures are the highest ever posted in the history of the Spanish stock exchange.
The value of trading on Latibex in December was 19% higher than that posted in December 2006. The value of trading on Latibex up to end of December was 14% up on that for 2006, hitting a new annual record high in trading volume since the market was created.
As for the exchange traded funds segment, the effective trading volume posted in December was 359 million. The value of trading for its first full year of operations, which started in July 2006, totaled 4.66bn.
Turnover on the warrants and certificates market in December was 232 million, 2% up on the same month in 2006. The number of trades amounted to 47,177, which represents a 26% increase on December 2006.
Turnover for the year 2007 totaled 5.17bn on 839,287 trades, posting increases of 75% and 74% on 2006 respectively. These figures represent annual record highs on this market.
Trading volume in Options and Futures in December was 8.579,181 contracts, 46% up on December 2006. It is worth mentioning the heavy trading in stock futures, with 5,556,574 contracts traded, 68% up on the same month 2006 and in stock options, with 1,654,493 contracts traded and a year on year increase of 40%.
The annual trading figures for MEFF, BME’s Derivatives business area, reached a record high in 2007, with 51.9 million contracts traded and a 10% increase on 2006.
By product it is worth mentioning the annual trading volume posted by IBEX 35 Futures, MEFF’s flagship product, with 8.4 million contracts, 32% up on 2006 and Mini IBEX Futures, with 2.9 million contracts and a 79% increase on the year. Both figures represent record highs on this market.
The value trading on the Corporate Debt market in 2007 came in at 1.10 trillion, 23.1% more than in 2006. The value of trading on this market in December was 95.09bn.
New issues admitted to trading on this market in 2007 totaled 641.06bn, 26.1% up on 2006.
The outstanding debt on this market at year-end 2007 was 758.56bn, 28.8% up on the previous year. Net financing provided for the private sector through the Corporate Debt market in 2007 came in at 169.61bn, 15.2% up on 2006.
In 2007 trading volume on BME’s Public Debt trading platform, SENAF, was 96.60bn, which represents a 53.67% of the trading conducted on the domestic platforms.