OREANDA-NEWS. Trading value in the equity market (BOVESPA segment) totaled BRL 133.30 billion in January, compared with BRL 156.22 billion the previous month. Average daily trading value was BRL 6.34 billion, from BRL 7.81 the previous month. Total volume reached 19,368,870 trades, from 17,170,799 the previous month. Average daily volume was 922,327 (858,540 in December).

Ibovespa lost 6.20% in January, ending at 46,907 points. The month's top performers in Ibovespa were: SOUZA CRUZ ON (+16.41); HYPERMARCAS ON (+9.49%); AMBEV S/A ON (+9.10%); TELEF BRASIL PN (+7.15%); and CETIP ON (+6.99%)). The worst performers in January were: OI PN (-42.04%); PDG REALT ON (-39.53%); USIMINAS PNA (-33.66%); ESTACIO PART ON (-29.93%); and BRASKEN PNA (-28.86%).

The most traded stocks in January were PETROBRAS PN, with BRL 12.85 billion; ITAUUNIBANCO PN, with BRL 8.71 billion; KROTON ON with BRL 7.52 billion; VALE PNA with BRL 6.55 billion; and BRADESCO PN with BRL 6.08 billion;.

The number of contracts traded in BM&FBOVESPA's derivatives markets (BM&F Segment) totaled 51,492,879 in January, for an aggregate value of BRL 4.15 trillion, compared with 48,381,447 and BRL 4.01 trillion in the previous month. Open interest comprised 29,793,872 contracts at closing on the last trading day of January, compared with 39,117,766 a month earlier.

The number of interest-rate futures contracts (DI) traded in January totaled 20,734,262, compared with 21,650,724 in the previous month. The number of United States Dollar (USD) futures contracts traded in January totaled 6,583,345, compared with 6,109,745 in December. The number of Ibovespa futures contracts traded in January totaled 1,367,895, compared with 1,550,245 in the previous month.