OREANDA-NEWS. July 7, 2011. Highlights are number of ETF trades up on the previous month; securities lending financial volume up on previous month; thirteen investment clubs initiated in the month and number of corn contracts traded leaps to 67,200 from 40,600 the previous month.

In June 2011, equity markets (BOVESPA segment) traded BRL 124.19 billion, in 10,187,883 trades, with daily averages of BRL 5.91 billion and 485,137 trades, in comparison to May when total volume reached BRL 124.19 billion, in 11,172,707 trades, with daily averages of BRL 6.07 billion and 507,850 trades.

Derivatives markets in the BM&F segment (including financial and commodities derivatives) totaled 51,023,956 contracts and BRL 3.25 trillion in volume in June, compared to 48,342,782 contracts and BRL 3.18 trillion in May. The daily average of contracts traded in the derivatives markets in June was 2,429,712, in contrast to 2,197,399 in May. Open interest contracts ended the last trading day of June with 43,343,347 positions, compared to 38,609,738 in May.

ETF trades up on the previous month

The financial volume registered in June by the eight BM&FBOVESPA Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) reached BRL 598.43 million in 25,701 trades, from 24,898 and BRL 617.11 million the previous month.

In June the ETF with the highest financial volume was BOVA11 with BRL 533.65 million and 22,982 transactions.

Securities lending financial volume up on previous month

In June, the total number of securities lending transactions reached 118,700 compared to 121,971 transactions in May. Financial volume was BRL 57.99 billion in June from BRL 54.99 billion the previous month.

Thirteen investment clubs initiated in the month

BM&FBOVESPA ended June with 2,939 investment clubs and 13 new registrations. Total liquid assets reached BRL 10.67 billion and the number of participants reached 125,638, according to the latest available data.

Number of corn contracts traded leaps to 67,200 from 40,600 the previous month

In June, the BM&FBOVESPA agribusiness derivatives market (including futures and options) totaled 224,494 contracts traded, compared to 220,155 in May. Agribusiness markets totaled 103,821 open interest contracts, in contrast to 100,262 in the previous month. Options on commodity futures totaled 22,947 contracts in June, against 20,116 the previous month.

The cash-settled soybean futures contract, launched in January, totaled 5,584 contracts traded in June, against 4,183 the previous month.

Live cattle futures and options totaled 99,084 contracts traded in June, compared to 112,866 in May. Corn futures and options totaled 67,283 contracts traded, compared to 40,603 in May. Arabica coffee ended June with 39,219 contracts, compared to 48,932 in May. Hydrous ethanol futures totaled 13,322 contracts, compared to 13,268 in May.

Ibovespa ended June at 62,403 points, down 3.43%

The Ibovespa ended June at 62,403 points, down 3.43% from the previous month.

The best performing stocks were: Pao de Acucar PN (+14.14%); Light ON (+8.14%); Marfrig ON (+7.69%); Cemig PN (+6.99%); and AmBev PN (+5.40%). The worst performing stocks were: Telesp PN (-17.44%); Telemar ON (-16.74%); Fibria ON (-15.92%); Gafisa ON (-14.60%); and B2W Varejo ON (-13.61%).

Average daily trading via Home Broker hit 265,957 trades in June

Average daily trading via Home Broker hit 265,957 trades in June, compared to 270,950 trades the previous month. The total number of trades reached 5,851,056 in June, compared to 5,960,893 trades in May. The volume in Home Broker trades totaled BRL 43.78 billion in June, compared to BRL 42.31 billion in May. Home Broker’s participation in the stock market’s total volume in June was 28.72%, compared to 26.68% in May. In June the number of brokerage firms offering Home Broker was 69, against 70 the previous month.

Interest rate futures (ID) traded 20,883,925 contracts in June

In June, interest rate futures (ID) traded 20,883,925 contracts, in contrast to 20,003,655 in May. The US dollar futures ended the month of June with 7,496,766 contracts, compared to 8,964,986 in the previous month. The Ibovespa futures traded 1,715,319 contracts, compared to 1,713,237 in May. The Euro futures contract (EUR) registered 29,215 contracts, in contrast to 52,244 contracts in May.