OREANDA-NEWS. November 14, 2012. BM&FBOVESPA announces October 2012 market performance. Check the highlights:

Financial volume with securities lending rises from BRL 59.52 billion to BRL 74.52 billion.

Number of contracts traded in the BM&F segment goes from 49,782,932 to 65,363,903.

Real Estate Funds handle a record BRL 351.09 million.

In October 2012, the equities market’s (BOVESPA segment) financial volume totaled BRL 146.67 billion in 15,819,697 trades, with daily averages of BRL 6.66 billion and 719,077 trades.

In September, financial volume totaled BRL 160.43 billion, the total number of trades 16,915,818, the daily average financial volume BRL 8.44 billion and daily average number of trades 890,306.

Derivatives markets in the BM&F segment (including financial and commodities derivatives) totaled 65,363,903 contracts and BRL 4.42 trillion in volume in October, compared to 49,782,932 contracts and BRL 3.75 trillion in September. Open interest contracts ended the last trading day of October 2012 with 46,476,554 positions, compared to 45,847,287 in September.