The Spanish stock market trades 43 billion euros in November

1 December, 2020

  • The Equity trading volume grows 52.1% from October and the number of trades increases 39.2%
  • New issues in the Fixed Income markets increases 26.6% from January
  • The trading volume in IBEX 35 and Mini IBEX 35 Futures since January increases 1% and 7.8% respectively

The Spanish stock market traded 43 billion euros in Equities in November, up 52.1% from the previous month and up 4% from the same period last year. The accumulated effective volume traded to the end of November totalled 393 billion euros, 8.4% less than in the previous year.

The number of trades in November was 5.8 million, 39.2% more than in the previous month and 85.1% more than in November 2019.  The number of accumulated trades to the end of November amounted to 51.2 million, up 48.9% year on year.

BME's market share in Spanish equities in November stood at 73.45%. The average spread for the same period was 6.82 basis points at the first price level (24% better than the next trading venue) and 10.22 basis points with order book depth of 25,000 euros (32.9% better), according to an independent report by LiquidMetrix, available here: www.bmerv.es/ing/Miembros/MIFID_II.aspx. All figures include both transparent order book (LIT) trading – including auctions – and non-transparent (dark) off-book trading.

Fixed Income trading volume in November came in at 15.3 billion euros, down 46.6% from October and down 38.7% year on year. New admissions to trading, including Public Debt and Private Fixed Income, came in at 13.3 billion euros, up 26.6% year on year for the January to November period.

The outstanding balance stood at 1.7 trillion euros, which implies a year on year increase of 7.2% for the first eleven months.

Trading in the Financial Derivatives market in the first eleven months was up 1% in IBEX 35 Futures, up 7.8% in Mini IBEX 35 Futures and up 10.5% in Stock Options, compared to the previous year.

Trading in Stock Futures in November increased 45.9% from the previous month while the open interest was up 8.7%. The volume of Mini IBEX Options was up 68.9% from October and the open interest grew 9.5%.

Trading by business areas and assets:

 

November

2020

%Change

October20

%Change

November19

% Change

Year To Date 2020

Equities(1)

       
  • Equities

42.561.1

52.1%

4.0%

-8.4%

Number of trades

5,835.6

39.2%

85.1%

48.9%

  • Warrants

32.1

27.5%

70.9%

10.5%

Number of trades

7.7

62.9%

37.0%

21.8%

  • ETFs

287.2

104.7%

100.6%

53.2%

Number of trades

15.1

67.6%

254.5%

161.1%

Fixed Income(1)

       

Traded Volume(2)

15,298.4

-46.6%

-38.7%

-16.7%

New Issues

13,321.8  

-41.9%

-33.6%

26.6%

Outstanding Balance

1,666,013.6

0.0%

7.4%

7.2%

Financial derivatives(3)

       
  • Futures:      IBEX 35

496.5

5.6%

9.7%

1.0%

                   Mini IBEX 35

123.5

10.5%

12.6%

7.8%

                   Shares

169.7

45.9%

0.5%

-34.1%

  • Options:   IBEX 35

265.0

68.9%

11.1%

-35.8%

                                Shares

1,195.2

-3.1%

-24.7%

10.7%

(1) Effective trading volume by asset type in million euros; number of trades in thousands

(2) The trading volume includes only trading on electronic platforms

(3) Thousands of contracts

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