São Paulo – The average number of contracts negotiated at the Securities, Commodities and Futures Exchange (BM&F) in April was a record, according to information disclosed this Wednesday (4th) by BM&FBovespa, the holding company that controls BM&F and the São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa).
According to the organization, an average of 3,481,783 contracts were signed each day, surpassing the previous record, which was 3,117,004, set in March 2010. In March this year, the figure reached 3,104,660.
A total of 66,111,464 contracts were signed in April, generating a financial volume of 4.57 trillion Brazilian reals (US$ 2.87 trillion), as against 65,197,860 contracts and a volume of 4.27 trillion reals (US$ 2.68 trillion) in March.
The financial turnover at Bovespa reached 127.04 billion reals (US$ 80.1 billion) last month, as against 135.68 billion (US$ 85.3 billion) in March. The business volume reached 9,864,428 in April, as against 10,321,974 in the previous month.
The shares that generated the highest financial turnover, according to BM&FBovespa, were those of Vale PNA, Petrobras PN, OGX Petróleo ON, Itauunibanco PN and Gerdau PN. Ibovespa, the stock exchange’s main index, ended the month at 66,132 points, with a 3.57% depreciation.
The most appreciated shares were those of Lojas Renner ON, Marfrig ON, Ambev PN, Rossi Residencial ON and Vivo PN. The most depreciated shares were those of Usiminas PNA, OGX ON, Petrobras ON, PORTX ON and Petrobras PN.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
