Deutsche Börse has released its cash markets February turnover and with the number of €158.5 billion, they have achieved the highest February turnover since 2008 (February 2017: €109.0 billion).
Of the €158.5 billion, €143.4 billion were attributable to Xetra (February 2017: €97.8 billion). The average daily turnover on Xetra was thus €7.2 billion. Order book turnover on Börse Frankfurt totalled €4.3 billion (February 2017: €4.0 billion) and on Tradegate Exchange €10.8 billion (February 2017: €7.2 billion).
Split by asset classes, cash market turnover in equities reached about €138.3 billion. Turnover in ETFs/ETCs/ETNs amounted to €18.0 billion. Turnover in bonds was €0.4 billion, in structured products €1.4 billion and in funds €0.3 billion.
The DAX security with the highest turnover on Xetra in February was Daimler AG at €7.0 billion. Covestro AG led the MDAX equities with €1.7 billion, while Aroundtown SA topped the SDAX equity index with €272 million, and Wirecard AG headed TecDAX with €1.2 billion. The ETF with the highest turnover on Xetra was iShares Core DAX UCITS ETF with €1.4 billion.