In December 2007 151 billion were turned over on Xetra and on the floor of Boerse Frankfurt a rise of 20 percent year-on-year.
Thereof 142.2 billion were traded on Xetra gaining 22% year-on-year and 8.7 billion on the floor. German equities accounted for 141.6 billion, foreign equities comprising 6.7 billion.
Roughly 97% of the transaction volume with German equities was executed at Boerse Frankfurt. More than 79% of foreign equities were traded on Xetra and on the floor.
In the entire month 11.9 million transactions were executed on Xetra, a rise of 50% year-on-year.
According to the Xetra liquidity measure (XLM), E.ON AG was the most liquid DAX blue chip in December with 4 basis points (bp) for an order volume of 100,000.
AWD Holding AG was the most liquid MDAX stock with 8 bp. The most liquid ETF was the db-x-trackers II iBOXX Sovereigns Eurozone 1-3 TR with 2 bp. The most liquid foreign stock was Royal Dutch Shell with 11 bp.
XLM measures liquidity in electronic securities trading on the basis of the implicit transaction costs. It is expressed in basis points; a low XLM denotes high liquidity in a security.
Siemens AG was the strongest DAX stock on Xetra in December at 10.3 billion. K+S AG was the top MDAX stock at 907.9 million while Balda AG led the SDAX stock at 142 million and Q-Cells AG headed the TecDAX at 810.3 million. At 1.7 billion, the iShares DAX EX was once again the exchange-traded fund with the largest turnover.
On all stock exchanges in Germany 167.7 billion were traded in December according to orderbook turnover statistics a rise of 18% compared year-on-year. This total included 159.9 billion in equities, warrants and exchange-traded funds, as well as 7.8 billion in fixed-income securities.