OREANDA-NEWS. August 8, 2011. The financial volume registered in July by the eight BM&FBOVESPA Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) reached BRL 667.75 million in 31,997 trades, from 25,701 and BRL 598.43 million the previous month.

In July the ETF with the highest financial volume was BOVA11 with BRL 573.83 million and 26,915 transactions.

In July 2011, equity markets traded BRL 119.63 billion, in 11,016,993 trades, with daily averages of BRL 5.69 billion and 524,619 trades, in comparison to June when total volume reached BRL 124.19 billion, in 10,187,883 trades, with daily averages of BRL 5.91 billion and 485,137 trades.

The most traded stocks in July were: Vale PNA, with BRL 13.44 billion; Petrobras PN with BRL 8.18 billion; Itauunibanco PN, with BRL 5.63 billion, OGX Petroleo ON, with BRL 4.79 billion; and Bradesco PN, with BRL 4.05 billion.

Derivatives markets in the BM&F segment (including financial and commodities derivatives) totaled 44,199,125 contracts and BRL 3.35 trillion in volume in July, compared to 51,023,956 contracts and BRL 3.25 trillion in June. The daily average of contracts traded in the derivatives markets in July was 2,104,720, in contrast to 2,429,712 in June. Open interest contracts ended the last trading day of July with 30,716,596 positions, compared to 43,343,347 in June.

Ibovespa ended July at 58,823 points, down 5.73%

The Ibovespa ended July at 58,823 points, down 5.73% from the previous month.

The best performing stocks were: Redecard ON (+13.52%); BRF Foods ON (+11.32%); Cielo ON (+10.51%); Telesp PN (+7.49%); and Eletropaulo PN (+7.12%). The worst performing stocks were: Gol PN (-35.59%); B2W Varejo ON (-24.04%); Santander UNT (-20.38%); Hypermarcas ON (-18.91%); and Usiminas PNA (-18.61%).

Foreign Investment

The net flow of foreign investment into the Brazilian stock market in 2011 through July reached BRL 7,345,357,336.20, which is the combined result of the amount of BRL 7,056,510,395.20 in acquisitions carried out by foreign investors in stock offerings (of which BRL 5.5 billion offered in Brazil) and the positive balance of BRL 288,846,941.00 in direct trading at BM&FBOVESPA.

In July, the financial volume traded by foreign investors in the stock market was a positive BRL 1,400,135,900.00, which is the net balance between stock sales of BRL 38,385,482,682.00 and stock purchases of BRL 39,785,618,582.00.

The foreign investor participation in stock offerings, including IPOs, represented 57.9% of the total BRL 12,189,238,954.00 in transactions related to the publication of the closing announcement dates ending on August 2, 2011, pursuant to information available on the Exchange’s website, under the media section.

Investment Clubs

BM&FBOVESPA ended July with 2,931 investment clubs and 16 new registrations. Total liquid assets reached BRL 10.41 billion and the number of participants reached 123,914, according to the latest available data.

Fixed Income

In July, the trading volume for the secondary market, counting both the BOVESPA Fix and the Soma Fix, totaled BRL 46.24 million, compared to BRL 7.26 million in June. Of this total, debentures accounted for BRL 7.70 million, receivables investment funds (FIDC) BRL 4.06 million, and Mortgage Backed Securities (CRI) accounted for BRL 34.48 million.

Mini Contracts

The derivatives market for mini contracts traded 2,277,364 contracts in July, compared to 2,018,776 in June. Of this total, the futures market for Ibovespa mini contracts traded 2,102,618, compared to 1,869,057 contracts in the previous month. Mini U.S. dollar futures traded 173,359 contracts, compared to 148,078 in June. Mini futures contracts ended July with 58,665 open interest contracts, compared to 30,983 in the previous month

Spot Gold

The spot gold market (250 grams) traded, in July, 2,492 contracts, compared to 1,897 contracts in June. Spot gold market volume totaled BRL 50.47 million, compared to BRL 37.89 million in the previous month.

Individual Investors

BM&FBOVESPA ended July with 148,310 individual investor stock exchange accounts in custody, compared to 143,700 accounts in June.