OREANDA-NEWS. BM&FBOVESPA publishes August market performance. Ibovespa gained 9.77% in August, reaching 61,288 points. The month's top performers in Ibovespa were CIA HERING ON (+32.53%); ELETROBRБS ON (+30.40%); BRASIL ON (+26.56%); MRV ON (+25.27%); and COSAN ON (+25.10). The worst performers in August were: MMX MINER ON (-43.45%); SID NACIONAL ON (-14.24%); BRADESCPAR PN (-11.09%); VALE PNA (-10.85%); and VALE ON (-10.54%).

Trading value in the equity market (BOVESPA segment) totaled BRL 156.45 billion in August, compared with BRL 133.04 billion the previous month. Average daily trading value was BRL 7.45 billion, from BRL 6.04 the previous month. Total volume reached 18,472,578 trades, from 16,587,621 the previous month. Average daily volume was 879,647 (753,983 in July).

The number of contracts traded in BM&FBOVESPA's derivatives markets (BM&F Segment) totaled 56,838,857 in August, for an aggregate value of BRL 4.14 trillion, compared with 50,857,155 and BRL 3.86 trillion in the previous month. Open interest comprised 35,496,995 contracts at closing on the last trading day of August, compared with 32,250,887 a month earlier.

The number of interest-rate futures contracts (DI) traded in August totaled 26,765,163, compared with 21,552,949 in the previous month. The number of United States Dollar (USD) futures contracts traded in August totaled 7,149,580, compared with 5,825,555 in July. The number of Ibovespa futures contracts traded in August totaled 1,717,580, compared with 1,400,210 in the previous month.