Deutsche Borse Group says that trading volume on German stock exchanges in October increased year-on-year by around 23 percent to €157.7 billion (October 2005: €128.2 billion). Equities turnover showed strong growth of 21 percent to €145.5 billion (October 2005: €119.3 billion). €135.6 billion was attributable to German equities and €9.9 billion to foreign equities.
According to total turnover statistics, turnover stood at €404.1 billion in October, up by around 19 percent on October 2005 (€339.3 billion). €368.4 billion was attributable to equities, warrants/certificates and exchange-traded funds, and €35.7 billion to bonds.
Around 9.3 million transactions were executed on Xetra in October, which represents a year-on-year increase of around 24 percent (October 2005: 7.5 million transactions).