The Spanish Stock Market trades 42% less in October

In the annual accumulated traded 1.

The Spanish Stock Market trades 42% less in October

In the annual accumulated traded 1.6% less

MADRID, 2 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Spanish Stock Exchange traded 23,911.8 million euros in equities in October, which represents a decrease of 1.2% compared to the previous month and 42.1% compared to the same month a year earlier.

The number of transactions in the month of October was 2.7 million, which represents a drop of 4.5% compared to the previous month and 25.3 compared to October 2021.

According to data from the Spanish Stock Exchanges and Markets (BME), in the year to date the contracted volume decreased by 1.6%, while the number of transactions fell by 10.7%.

BME reached a market share in the trading of Spanish securities of 63.8%, with an average spread of 6.83 basis points in the first level and 9.32 basis points with a depth of 25,000 euros in the order book, according to LiquidMetrix's independent report.

Regarding fixed income, the volume contracted in September reached 10,502.7 million euros, 4.8% more than in September and 33.8% less than in the same month of 2021. In the accumulated figure for the year , the volume traded fell by 52.9%.

Admissions to trading, including issues of public debt and private fixed income, amounted to 29,013.8 million euros, which represents a decrease of 23% compared to the previous month and an increase of 7.4% compared to the previous month. same month a year earlier.

The outstanding balance stood at 1.78 trillion euros, 0.4% below the previous month and 2.3% above October 2021, while in the accumulated annual figure it rose 3.8%.

For its part, the financial derivatives market traded 1.79 million contracts in October for a nominal amount of 38.87 million euros.

The volume traded in the first ten months of the year increased by 7.4% in Ibex 35 Futures, 8.1% in Mini Ibex Futures and 8.4% in Stock Options. In addition, there was an increase in trading in Ibex 35 Futures of 2.1% and 3.1% for Mini Ibex Futures compared to the month of September.

The volume traded in Options on Ibex 35 increased by 35.7% compared to the same month of the previous year, while that of Options on Shares grew by 15.2%.

The trading of Stock Dividend Futures grew to 1,351 contracts traded, compared to 550 in October 2021, which represents a rise of 145.6%.

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