In October of the year 2015, the members of the Bratislava Stock Exchange (BSSE) used the electronic trading system during 22 business days. A total of 843 transactions were concluded in this period, in which 410,831,798 units of securities were traded and the achieved financial volume exceeded EUR 537.724 million. In comparison with the previous month this is a decrease in the amount of traded securities (-14.66%), with a decrease of the total financial volume (-8.4%) and an increase in the number of concluded transactions (+60.57%). On a year-on-year basis we recorded a 21.21% decrease in the number of transactions, a 14.83% drop in the amount of traded securities and a 13.3% decrease in the achieved financial volume.
Similar to previous periods, October 2015 saw negotiated deals dominate over electronic order book transactions (i.e. price-setting deals), with the former accounting for 96.1% of the total trading volume. A total of 123 negotiated deals (in a volume of EUR 516.750 million) were concluded, as opposed to 720 electronic order book transactions (in a financial volume of EUR 20.974 million).
Investors in October 2015 continued to focus on debt securities, as bond transactions generated 99.9% of the achieved trading volume. A total of 588 bond transactions were concluded in the month under review, in which 410,816,991 units of securities changed hands and the financial volume exceeded EUR 537.191 million. The number of transactions rose against September 2015 (+63.79%), whereas the amount of traded securities and the achieved financial volume decreased (-14.66% and -8.39%, respectively). On a year-on-year basis we recorded a 32.43% increase in the number of transactions, with a 14.82% decrease in the amount of traded securities and a 13.26% fall of the achieved financial volume. Continuing the trend of previous months, negotiated deals in bonds (in a financial volume of EUR 516.574 million) again significantly dominated over electronic order book transactions in bonds (in a volume of EUR 20.616 million).
Transactions concluded by non-residents in October 2015 accounted for 54.23% of the total trading volume. Out of that, the buy side represents 52.14% and the sell side 56.32%.The SAX index ended the month of October 2015 at 288.43 points, representing a 7.27% increase on a month-on-previous-month basis and a 34.11% increase year on year.
Contact:
Rastislav Rajninec
Sales and Relationship Manager
GSS Slovakia
rastislav.rajninec@unicreditgroup.sk