In September 2015, the members of the Bratislava Stock Exchange (BSSE) used the electronic trading system during 20 business days. A total of 525 transactions were concluded in this period, in which 481,413,432 units of securities were traded and the achieved financial volume exceeded EUR 587.015 million.
In comparison with the previous month this is an increase in traded securities (+25.34%), an increase in the total financial volume (+27.53%) and an increase in the number of concluded transactions (+22.66%). The number of transactions decreased on a year-on-year basis by 22.45%, whereas the amount of traded securities rose by 27.1% and the achieved financial volume grew by 22.45%. Similar to previous periods, September 2015 saw negotiated deals dominate over electronic book transactions (i.e. price-setting deals), with the former accounting for 97.56% of the total trading volume. A total of 119 negotiated deals (in a volume of EUR 572.709 million) were concluded, as opposed to 406 electronic order book transactions (in a financial volume of EUR 14.306 million).
Investors in September 2015 continued to focus on debt securities, as bond transactions generated 99.89% of the achieved trading volume. A total of 359 bond transactions were concluded in the period under review, in which 481,388,817 units of securities changed hands and the financial volume exceeded EUR 586.392 million. In comparison with August 2015 this is an increase in the number of transactions (+31.5%), an increase in the amount of traded securities (+25.33%) and an increase in the achieved financial volume (+27.6%).
On a year-on-year basis we recorded a 1.91% decrease in the number of transactions, with a 27.1% increase in the amount of traded securities and a 22.47% growth in the achieved financial volume. Continuing the trend of previous months, negotiated deals in bonds (in a financial volume of EUR 572.446 million) again prevailed over electronic order book transactions in bonds (in a volume of EUR 13.946 million).
Transactions concluded by non-residents in September 2015 accounted for 58.64% of the total trading volume. Out of that, the buy side represented 57.26% and the sell side 60.02%.
The SAX index ended the month of September 2015 at 268.87 points, representing a 5.62% increase on a month-on-previous-month basis and a 27.92%t increase year on year.
Contact:
Rastislav Rajninec
Sales&Relationship Manager
Global Securities Services Slovakia
rastislav.rajninec@unicreditgroup.sk