In April 2015, the members of the Bratislava Stock Exchange (BSSE) used the electronic trading system during 20 business days. A total of 571 transactions were concluded in this period, in which 947,686,564 units of securities were traded and the achieved financial volume exceeded EUR 1,155 million. In comparison to the previous month this is a decrease in the amount of traded securities (-25.16%), with a decrease in the total financial volume (-21.75%) and a decrease in the number of concluded transactions (-22.73%). The number of transactions fell on a year-on-year basis by 18.89% and the amount of traded securities went down by 6.4%. The achieved financial volume, on the other hand, grew in the same comparison by 1.97%. Similar to previous periods, April 2015 saw negotiated deals dominate over electronic order book transactions (i.e. price-setting deals), with the former accounting for 99.12% of the total trading volume. A total of 188 negotiated transactions (in a volume of EUR 1,144.98 million) were concluded, as opposed to 383 electronic order book transactions (in a financial volume of EUR 10.19 million).
Investors in April 2015 continued to focus on debt securities, as bond transactions generated 99.11% of the achieved trading volume. A total of 412 bond transactions were concluded in the period under review, in which 947,671,365 units of securities changed hands and the financial volume exceeded EUR 1,154.8 million. In comparison with March 2015 this represents a decrease in the number of transactions (-22.99%), a decrease in the amount of traded securities (-25.15%) and a decrease in the achieved financial volume (-21.68%). The number of concluded transactions fell on a year-on-year basis by 8.65% and the amount of traded securities dropped by 6.39%; the achieved financial volume grew in the same comparison by 2.09%. Continuing the trend of previous months, negotiated transactions in bonds (in a financial volume of EUR 1,144.898 million) again significantly dominated over electronic order book transactions (in a volume of EUR 9.901 million).
Transactions concluded by non-residents in April 2015 accounted for 57.93% of the total trading volume. Of that, the buy side represents 40.32% and the sell side does 75.53%. The SAX index ended the month of April 2015 at 242.35 points, representing a 0.45% increase on a month-on-previous-month basis and a 16.65% increase year on year.
Contact:
Rastislav Rajninec
Sales&Relationship Manager
Global Securities Services Slovak Republic
rastislav.rajninec@unicreditgroup.sk