OREANDA-NEWS. January 16, 2013. BM&FBOVESPA announced 2012 market performance. Check the highlights:

Equities market set new historic records for total financial volume, average daily financial volume, total number of trades and for average daily trading volume

The BM&F segment set a new record for the number of contracts traded

DI futures contracts set a new record for the number of contracts traded

Corn futures and options on corn futures contracts set new records for the number of contracts traded

Securities lending transactions set a new record for financial volume

ETFs set new records for financial volume and for the number of contracts traded

Real Estate Investment Funds (FIIs) set new records for financial volume and for the number of contracts traded

The following indices provided the highest return in 2012: ICON: 40.44%; IFIX: 35.04%; and SMLL: 28.66%.