Borsa Istanbul Sees Monthly Volumes Dive Across All Asset Classes

Borsa Istanbul has reported its monthly metrics and volumes for the month ending July 2015, having shown a slight downtrend across a few key indicators, according to a Borsa Istanbul report.

In particular, Borsa Istanbul revealed its total value of all trading instruments for July 2015 at $367 billion, down -3.7% MoM from $381 billion in June 2015. This figure includes all trading volumes of Borsa Istanbul’s fixed income, equity, and derivatives markets.

For the month ending July 2015, monthly traded value at Borsa Istanbul was hardly uniform. Of the $367 billion in traded assets, $322.6 billion was attributed to its fixed income market, $27.5 billion to its Equities Equities Equities can be characterized as stocks or shares in a company that investors can buy or sell. When you buy a stock, you are in essence buying an equity, becoming a partial owner of shares in a specific company or fund.However, equities do not pay a fixed interest rate, and as such are not considered guaranteed income. As such, equity markets are often associated with risk.When a company issues bonds, it’s taking loans from buyers. When a company offers shares, on the other hand, it’s selling pa Equities can be characterized as stocks or shares in a company that investors can buy or sell. When you buy a stock, you are in essence buying an equity, becoming a partial owner of shares in a specific company or fund.However, equities do not pay a fixed interest rate, and as such are not considered guaranteed income. As such, equity markets are often associated with risk.When a company issues bonds, it’s taking loans from buyers. When a company offers shares, on the other hand, it’s selling pa Read this Term market, and only $15.4 billion to derivatives – a further $1.1 billion was traded in the Exchange Exchange An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv Read this Term’s commodities market.

Markets Overview

Borsa Istanbul saw its strong June rally snapped after reporting just $322.6 billion in July 2015, down -1.85% MoM from $329 billion in June 2015. While the figure was unable to overtake last month’s, the robust trading volume across fixed income markets represents the third highest total in 2015 at the exchange.

Alternatively, equities at Borsa Istanbul have seen a downward decline since the start of the 2015 year, with July being no exception. Equities markets recorded only $27.5 billion in July 2015 by volume, which dropped -14.0% MoM from $32 billion in June 2015. The latest figure is sitting roughly -34.5% below a peak of $42 billion in equities markets trading, set back in January.

Finally, derivatives trading has also been unable to mount to any sort of comeback, underpinned by a weakness seen in the rest of Borsa Istanbul’s markets. July 2015’s $15.4 billion figure constitutes a loss of -19.8% MoM from $19.2 billion marked in June 2015.