OREANDA-NEWS. November 10, 2011. In October 2011, the equity markets financial volume totaled BRL 142.33 billion in 13,645,172 trades and daily averages of BRL 7.11 billion and 682,259 trades.

In September, financial volume totaled BRL 131.43 billion, the total number of trades 13,551,487, and the daily averages BRL 6.25 billion and 645,309 trades respectively.

Derivatives markets, including financial and commodities derivatives, totaled 52,048,047 contracts and BRL 3.92 trillion in volume in October, compared to 59,365,524 contracts and BRL 4.35 trillion in September. The daily average of contracts traded in the derivatives markets in October was 2,602,402, in contrast to 2,826,930 in September. Open interest contracts ended the last trading day of October with 32,515,445 positions, compared to 36,620,797 in September.

Agribusiness derivatives registered with BM&FBOVESPA total BRL 7.44 billion, from BRL 6.92 billion in September.