Deutsche Börse Posts Drop in Cash Market Trading Turnover for the Third Consecutive Month for August 2023

Deutsche Börse published its cash market trading data for August 2023, recording a market turnover of €92.50 billion for the month,  6.8% lower than €99.23 billion in the same period of 2022 and 4.0% higher than €88.93 billion in the prior month.

€89.56 billion were attributable to Xetra (previous year: €96.65 billion / previous month €86.17 billion), bringing the average daily Xetra trading volume to €3.89 billion (previous year: €4.20 billion / previous month: €4.10 billion). Trading volumes on Börse Frankfurt were €2.94 billion (previous year: €2.58 billion / previous month: €2.76 billion).

By type of asset class, equities accounted for €77.20 billion in the entire cash market. Trading in ETFs/ETCs/ETNs generated a turnover of €13.56 billion. Turnover in bonds was €0.65 billion, in certificates €1.06 billion and in funds €0.04 billion.

The DAX stock with the highest turnover on Xetra in August was SAP SE with €4.97 billion. Lufthansa AG led the MDAX with €844.53 million, while Aroundtown SA led the SDAX index with €202.03 million. In the ETF segment the iShares Core EURO STOXX 50 UCITS ETF generated the largest volume with €615.93 million.