According to its order book statistics, Boerse Stuttgart generated turnover of more than EUR 9.1 billion in March 2012, a similarly high level as in February. Trading volumes were significantly lower than in the same month last year. However, in March 2011 financial markets faced an exceptional situation due to the tsunami and nuclear reactor catastrophe in Japan.

Traditionally Boerse Stuttgart generates the biggest proportion of turnover in trading with securitised derivatives and this continued to be the case in March 2012. Last month’s turnover in this asset class totalled around EUR 4.4 billion, an increase of around 5.1 percent in comparison with the previous month. Turnover in leverage products grew by almost 2 percent to more than EUR 1.9 billion. Investment products accounted for more than EUR 2.4 billion of turnover, a growth of almost 8 percent in comparison with February.

Trading in debt instruments at Boerse Stuttgart reached almost EUR 3 billion, and was thus roughly at the same high level as in March 2011. More than 46 percent of turnover in debt instrument trading was generated by corporate bonds where turnover rose to around EUR 1.4 billion, almost 6 percent up on the figure for March 2011.

Trading volumes for equities reached more than EUR 1.1 billion. The lion’s share here was accounted for by German equities amounting to around EUR 880 million.

Turnover for investment funds and exchange-traded products (ETPs) totalled around EUR 697 million in March, up by more than 9 percent in comparison with February. Taken by themselves, ETPs saw an increase in trading volume of as much as some 12 percent to almost EUR 637 million.

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