The cash markets segment operated by Deutsche Börse registered a €116.0 billion turnover in February as compared to last year’s €158.5 billion. Of the total, €104.0 billion was generated through Xetra as compared to the previous year’s €143.4 billion, which generated an average daily volume of €5.2 billion.
The trading volume on Deutsche Börse’s Frankfurt location came in at €2.8 billion, which was lower than the previous figure of €4.3 billion, while the Tradegate Exchange netted €9.2 billion versus the previous year’s €10.8 billion.
The turnover generated by each asset class was as follows: equities were the largest contributor with €104.3 billion in turnover. The turnover generated by ETFs/ETCs/ETNs amounted to €10.1 billion, while bond trading generated €0.4 billion, certificates generated €1.0 billion, and funds trading accumulated a €0.1 billion turnover.
The company that generated the highest turnover on the German DAX Xetra was Wirecard AG, which generated €6.8 billion. The MDAX equities were led by Commerzbank AG, which generated €1.0 billion, while the top company on the SDAX index was Aixtron SE with a turnover of €273 million. The ETF segment was led by the iShares Core DAX UCITS ETF that generated a trading volume of €1.0 billion.
The above figures in billions are represented in the table below:
| Xetra | Frankfurt | Tradegate | Totals | |
| Bonds | – | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Equities | 94.4 | 1.3 | 8.6 | 104.3 |
| ETFs/ETCs/ETNs | 9.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 10.1 |
| Funds | – | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Certificates | – | 1.0 | – | 1.0 |
| Feb 2019 totals | 104.0 | 2.8 | 9.2 | 116.0 |
| Feb 2018 totals | 143.4 | 4.3 | 10.8 | 158.5 |