OREANDA-NEWS. September 11, 2012. BM&FBOVESPA announces August 2012 market performance. Check the highlights:

Financial Volume: Highest BOVESPA segment financial volume since August 2011

ETFs: Financial volume grows 34% in August in the 14 ETFs traded on the Exchange

BTC: Securities Lending financial volume grows more than 20% from previous month

FIIs: Financial volume grows over 20% and number of trades over 37% in Real Estate Funds (FIIs) in August from July

In August 2012, the equities market’s (BOVESPA segment) financial volume totaled BRL 164.89 billion in 18,259,374 trades, with a daily average of BRL 7.16 billion.

In July, financial volume totaled BRL 126.60 billion, the total number of trades 15,706,354, and the daily average financial volume BRL 6.02 billion.

Derivatives markets in the BM&F segment (including financial and commodities derivatives) totaled 60,486,696 contracts and BRL 4.06 trillion in volume in August, compared to 59,029,459 contracts and BRL 3.74 trillion in July. Open interest contracts ended the last trading day of August 2012 with 39,795,832 positions, compared to 35,695,804 in July.