OREANDA-NEWS. April 11, 2012. BM&FBOVESPA announced March 2012 market performance. Check the highlights:

BM&F segment’s markets total 65,841,816 contracts, compared to 47,434,891 in February.

Securities lending totals BRL 81.25 billion.

BM&FBOVESPA traded companies pay shareholders BRL 3.6 billion in the month.

In March 2012, the equities market’s (BOVESPA segment) financial volume totaled BRL 157.36 billion in 16,150,473 trades, with daily averages of BRL 7.00 billion and 734,112 trades.

In February, financial volume totaled BRL 157.36 billion, the total number of trades 15,211,530, and the daily averages BRL 8.28 billion and 800,607 trades respectively.

Derivatives markets in the BM&F segment (including financial and commodities derivatives) totaled 65,841,816 contracts and BRL 4.48 trillion in volume in March, compared to 47,434,891 contracts and BRL 3.11 trillion in February. Open interest contracts ended the last trading day of March with 31,932,186 positions, compared to 28,069,463 in February.