OREANDA-NEWS. In September 2013, the equities market’s (BOVESPA segment) financial volume totaled BRL 150.34 billion in 18,412,454 trades, with daily averages of BRL 7.15 billion and 876,784 trades. In August, financial volume totaled BRL 187.09 billion, the total number of trades 21,736,691, daily average financial volume BRL 8.50 billion and daily average number of trades 988,031.

The most traded stocks in September were: Vale PNA, with BRL 13.3 billion; PETROBRAS PN with BRL 10.2 billion; ITAUUNIBANCO PN, with BRL 6.8 billion; BRADESCO PN, with BRL 4.5 billion; and BRASIL ON with BRL 3.7 billion.

The Ibovespa ended September at 52,338 points, up 4.6% from the previous month. The best performing stocks for the Ibovespa in September were OI PN (+29.53%), GAFISA ON (+27.86%), OI ON (+27.24%), ELETROBRAS ON (+26.26%) and GOL PN (+25.18%). The biggest losses were: OGX PETROLEO ON (-30.00%), MMX MINER ON (-28.57%), EMBRAER ON (-8.79%), FIBRIA ON (-7.65%) and SUZANO PAPEL PNA (-6.91%).

Derivatives markets in the BM&F segment (including financial and commodities derivatives) totaled 45,520,820 contracts and BRL 3.72 trillion in volume in September, compared to 61,985,249 contracts and BRL 5.01 trillion in August. Open interest contracts ended the last trading day of September 2013 with 39,354,902 positions, compared to 38,716,402 in August.

In September, foreign investors were responsible for 46.13% of the total volume, compared to 42.09% in August. Institutional investors came next, with 32.01% from 34.25%; individual investors had 14.93%, compared to 15.95%; financial institutions, with 5.69%, compared to 8.86%; and companies, with 1.22%, compared to 0.82%.

In September, interest rate futures (ID) traded 24,588,346 contracts, in contrast to 34,692,427 in August. US Dollar futures ended the month of September with 6,934,490 contracts, compared to 8,062,797 in the previous month. Ibovespa futures traded 1,589,515 contracts, compared to 2,174,540 in August.