Deutsche Börse just announced that, with a turnover of €156.5 billion in January, its cash markets achieved the highest January turnover since 2008 (January 2017: €116.8 billion).
Of the €156.5 billion, €140.4 billion were attributable to Xetra (January 2017: €104.7 billion). The average daily turnover on Xetra was thus €6.4 billion.
Order book turnover on Börse Frankfurt totalled €4.5 billion (January 2017: €4.4 billion) and on Tradegate Exchange €11.6 billion (January 2017: €7.8 billion).
Broken down by asset classes, cash market turnover in equities reached about €137.9 billion. Turnover in ETFs/ETCs/ETNs amounted to €16.4 billion. Turnover in bonds was €0.5 billion, in structured products €1.3 billion and in funds €0.2 billion.
The DAX security with the highest turnover on Xetra in January was Siemens AG at €6.7 billion. Covestro AG led the MDAX equities with €2.0 billion, while Aroundtown SA topped the SDAX equity index with €278 million, and Wirecard AG headed TecDAX with €1.8 billion. The ETF with the highest turnover on Xetra was iShares Core DAX UCITS ETF with €1.5 billion.