Spanish Stock Exchange Reaches Highests Ever Trading Volume Of Euro 102.19 Billion In September

Trading in equities on the Spanish market through SIBE amounted to €102.19 billion in September, representing a year on year increase of 39 percent and the highest monthly figure ever posted by the market. The number of trades was €1.9

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Trading in equities on the Spanish market through SIBE amounted to €102.19 billion in September, representing a year on year increase of 39 percent and the highest monthly figure ever posted by the market. The number of trades was €1.9 million. The accumulated value posted from the beginning of the year was €797.68 billion, which is due to the number of trades during this period increasing by over 25 percent.

The value of trading on Latibex in September was €51 million, a 9 percent growth. Between January and September the value of trading was €559 million. This figure represents a 46 percent increase on the same period in 2005. The accumulated return on the FTSE Latibex Top was 2.37 percent.

The ETF trading volume for September was €317 million on 2,699 trades.

Trading volumes on the warrants and certificates market in September reached €214 million and the number of trades amounted to 34,590. The accumulated figure to September was €2.10 billion, 24 percent on the same period last year and the number of trades grew by 31 percent.

Trading volume in MEFF Options and Futures in September was 5.3 million contracts. There has been heavy trading in IBEX 35 Futures, the market’s flagship product, with 538,418 contracts, which is 38 percent up on the same month in 2005. There was also a 25 percent increase in trading in Mini IBEX Futures, with 116,904 contracts. The value of trading to September on MEFF was 34.4 million contracts, a 16 percent increase on 2005.

New issues admitted to trading on the Corporate Debt market amounted to €34.32 billion, leaving an accumulated trading volume of €372.23 billion and a 25.4 percent increase compared to 2005.

Private sector net financing, through AIAF, was €106.17 billion at the end of September, a 20 percent increase on last year. The outstanding balance at the end of September was €548.59 billion, a third more than last year.

The value of trading on AIAF in September was €64.69 billion and the figure for the first 9 months of the year is €632.69 billion, 4.5 percent less than last year.

SENAF trading volumes in trading in bonds, obligations and bills at the expiry date almost doubled reaching €14.39 billion and posting a 96 percent increase compared to the same month last year.

The value of trading including repos transactions reached €19.74 bn, 22.8 percent up on the same month last year. This figure represents a market share of 69.7 percent in the total trading volume posted by all domestic electronic trading platforms.

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