Trading volume increased by 25 percent year-on-year
Order book turnover on Deutsche Börse cash markets totalled €116.2 billion in August (August 2016: €93.3 billion). Of the €116.2 billion, €105.9 billion were attributable to Xetra (August 2016: €84.7 billion) and €3.6 billion to Börse Frankfurt (August 2016: €3.3 billion). Order book turnover on Tradegate Exchange totalled €6.7 billion (August 2016: €5.4 billion).
Broken down by asset classes, cash market turnover in equities reached about €103.6 billion. Turnover in ETFs/ETCs/ETNs amounted to €10.8 billion. Turnover in bonds was €0.38 billion, in structured products €1.3 billion and in funds €0.15 billion.
Viewed by transactions, a total of 20.1 million trades were executed on Xetra in August (August 2016: 18.2 million). The average daily turnover on Xetra stood at €4.6 billion (August 2016: 3.7 million).
On the electronic trading platform Eurex Bonds, a volume of €5.2 billion was traded, mainly in government bonds (August 2016: €4.9 billion).