Deutsche Börse cash markets’ trading volume up 33% YoY in 1Q

Deutsche Börse has announced that its cash markets have achieved a turnover of €165.1 billion in March (2017: €135.7 billion). In the first quarter of 2018, the trading volume was €480.1 billion – an increase of around 33 percent compared with the first three months in 2017 with €361.5 billion.

Of the €165.1 billion, €152.2 billion were attributable to Xetra (March 2017: €123.6 billion). The average daily turnover on Xetra was thus €7.2 billion. Order book turnover on Börse Frankfurt totalled €3.7 billion (March 2017: €4.3 billion) and on Tradegate Exchange €9.2 billion (March 2017: €7.8 billion).

Split by asset classes, cash market turnover in equities reached about €147.1 billion. Turnover in ETFs/ETCs/ETNs amounted to €16.2 billion. Turnover in bonds was €0.4 billion, in structured products €1.2 billion and in funds €0.2 billion.

The DAX security with the highest turnover on Xetra in March was Allianz SE at €6.8 billion. Innogy SE led the MDAX equities with €1.6 billion, while Aroundtown SA topped the SDAX equity index with €650 million, and Wirecard AG headed TecDAX with €1.0 billion. The ETF with the highest turnover on Xetra was iShares Core DAX UCITS ETF with €2.3 billion.

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