In January 307 billion were turned over on Xetra and on the floor of Boerse Frankfurt a rise of 61% year-on-year.
Thereof 292.7 billion were traded on Xetra gaining 65% year-on-year and 15 billion on the floor. German equities accounted for 289.8 billion, foreign equities comprising 13.4 billion.
97.8% of the transaction volume with German equities was executed at Boerse Frankfurt. More than 82% of foreign equities were traded on Xetra and on the floor.
In the entire month 25.2 million transactions were executed on Xetra, a rise of 106% year-on-year.
According to the Xetra liquidity measure (XLM), E.ON AG was the most liquid DAX blue chip in January with 6 basis points (bp) for an order volume of 100,000. AWD Holding AG was the most liquid MDAX(R) stock with 12 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 14 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 January at 20.3 billion. K+S AG was the top MDAX stock at 2 billion while Air Berlin AG led the SDAX stock at 222 million and Q-Cells AG headed the TecDAX at 2 billion.
At 4.7 billion, the iShares DAX EX was once again the exchange-traded fund with the largest turnover.
On all stock exchanges in Germany 330.4 billion were traded in January according to orderbook turnover statistics a rise of 57% compared year-on-year. This total included 320.9 billion in equities, warrants and exchange-traded funds, as well as 9.5 billion in fixed-income securities.