OREANDA-NEWS. BM&FBOVESPA has published the details of 2013 transactions. Check the highlights: i n 2013, the BOVESPA segment set new historic records for total financial volume, average daily financial volume, total number of trades, and for average daily trading volume; the BM&F segment set a new record for the number of contracts traded and Real Estate Investment Funds set new records for financial volume and for the number of trades.

In 2013, the total financial volume and the average daily financial volume in the BOVESPA segment set historic records of BRL1.83 trillion and BRL7.41 billion respectively, surpassing the previous records of BRL1.78 trillion and BRL7.25 billion registered in 2012.

The average daily trading volume and the total number of trades also set historic records in 2013. The total number of trades was 220,550,852, up from 191,973,773 in 2012; and average daily trading volume was 889,318, surpassing 780,381 registered in 2012.

The BOVESPA Index (IBOVESPA) closed out 2013 at 51,507 points, down 15.50% for the year.

The best performing stocks on the IBOVESPA in 2013 were: KROTON ON (+73.21%); BRASKEN PNA (+64.06%); TIM PART ON (+56.12%); JBS ON (+47.64%); and CIELO ON (+44.07%). The worst performing stocks in 2013 were: MMX MINER ON (-84.27%); BROOKFIELD ON (-66.37%); ROSSI RESID ON (-55.16%); OI ON (-54.53%); and MARFRIG ON (-52.83%).

In 2013, the companies listed at BM&FBOVESPA paid their shareholders BRL46.56 billion. Of that, BRL19.87 billion were dividends and BRL20.04 billion were interest on capital. In 2012, payments to shareholders were BRL45.82 billion, of which BRL18.77 billion were dividends and BRL16.82 billion were interest on capital.

In December 2013, the companies listed at BM&FBOVESPA paid their shareholders BRL1.98 billion. Of that, BRL769.89 million were dividends and BRL884.38 million were interest on capital. In November 2013, the total amount paid to shareholders was BRL3.47 billion, of which BRL2.26 billion were dividends and BRL838.39 million were interest on capital.

In 2013, a total of 2,203,688 futures and options commodity contracts were traded, down from 2,258,122 in 2012. When trading closed in 2013, there were 71,995 open interest contracts, compared to 74,623 at the end of the previous year.

In 2013, the live cattle futures and option contracts totaled 1,094,620, compared to 1,058,254 in 2012. A total of 805,247 Corn futures and options contracts were traded in 2013, up from 804,508 in 2012. Arabica coffee ended 2013 with 164,731 contracts traded compared to 256,887 in 2012. In 2013, the Soybean market traded 59,769 contracts compared to 67,316 the previous year, and the Ethanol futures market traded 43,605 contracts in 2013, down from 71,135 in 2012.