OREANDA-NEWS. In April the equities market's ( BOVESPA segment) financial volume totaled BRL150.11 billion against BRL125.23 billion in March. Daily average was BRL7.50 billion against BRL6.59 billion in the previous month. Total number of trades in April was 19,724,219 against 18,503,854 in March. Daily average number of trades was 986,211 against 973,887 in the previous month.

The most traded stocks in April were: PETROBRAS PN, with BRL12.65 billion; VALE PNA, with BRL9.05 billion; ITAUUNIBANCO PN, with BRL8.16 billion; BRADESCO PN, with BRL5.82 billion; and PETROBRAS ON, with BRL4.07 billion.

The Ibovespa ended April at 51,626 points, up 2.40% from the previous month.

The best performing stocks for the Ibovespa in April were: GOL PN (+30.62%); SANTANDER BR UNT (+18.54%); PRUMO ON (+18%); ELETROBRAS ON (+17.88%); and ALL AMER LAT ON (+16.71%). The main losses in April were: OI ON (-31.41%); USIMINAS PNA (-14.76%); SUZANO PAPEL PNA (-13.25%); SID NACIONAL ON (-13.01%); and CIA HERING ON (-12.91%).

Derivatives markets in the BM&F segment (including financial and commodities derivatives) totaled 47,351,052 contracts and BRL3.54 trillion in volume, against 46,972,143 contracts and BRL3.27 trillion in March. Open interest contracts ended the last trading day of March with 34,912,846 positions against 35,087,042 in the previous month.

In April, interest rate futures (ID) traded 19,704,654 contracts against 19,468,273 in March. US Dollar futures ended the month of April with 7,031,540 contracts against 6,630,715 in the previous month. Ibovespa futures traded 1,866,725 contracts against 1,566,535 in March.