In October 2008, the number of trades executed on Xetra reached 30.2 million transactions up 89% compared to October 2007 with 16.0 million trades. Order book turnover on Xetra recorded 255.1 billion, up by 25% (October 2007: 203.9 billion).
On Xetra and the Frankfurt floor 250.7 billion were turned over in German equities and 14.5 billion in foreign shares. Roughly 97% of the transaction volume with German equities and more than 86% of foreign equities were traded on Xetra and on the floor at Brse Frankfurt.
Volkswagen AG was the strongest DAX stock on Xetra in October at 45.8 billion. Salzgitter AG was the top MDAX stock at 1.4 billion while Medion AG led the SDAX stock at 88.3 million and Q-Cells SE headed the TecDAX at 1.7 billion. At 3.6 billion, the iShares DAX was the exchange-traded fund with the largest turnover.
On all stock exchanges in Germany 293.4 billion were traded in October according to order book turnover statistics an increase by 23% compared year-on-year (October 2007: 239.2 billion). This total included 280.9 billion in equities, warrants and exchange-traded funds, as well as 12.5 billion in fixed-income securities. The number of trades at all exchanges added up to 46.1 million (October 2007: 29.2 million) which is an increase by 58%.
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