Deutsche Börse has just published its latest turnover numbers. Order book turnover on Xetra, Börse Frankfurt and Tradegate Exchange across all asset classes stood at EUR 137.3 billion in July (July 2014: EUR 99.1 billion).

Of the EUR 137.3 billion, EUR 127.4 billion were attributable to Xetra (July 2014: EUR 91.3 billion). The average daily turnover on Xetra stood at EUR 5.5 billion in July (July 2014: EUR 4.0 billion). A turnover of EUR 4.4 billion was attributable to Börse Frankfurt (July 2014: EUR 4.1 billion).

Order book turnover on Tradegate Exchange totalled approximately EUR 5.5 billion in July (July 2014: EUR 3.7 billion).

Broken down by asset classes, cash market turnover in equities reached about EUR 117.5 billion; turnover in ETFs (exchange-traded funds) and similar instruments amounted to EUR 17.4 billion; turnover in bonds was EUR 0.7 billion, and in structured products EUR 1.5 billion.

The electronic trading platform Eurex Bonds traded EUR 6.7 billion (single counting, mainly government bonds) in July (July 2014: EUR 7.0 billion). Viewed by transactions, a total of 20.6 million trades were executed on Xetra in July (July 2014: 15.7 million).

Russia's National Settlement Depository (NSD), the country’s central securities depository, says it has implemented back-to-back settlements technology for off-exchange DVP (delivery versus payment) transactions. Trading bank accounts and transactions may be in Russian rubles, US dollars, euro, or yuan.

Clearstream reports that the overall value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered an increase of 8 percent to EUR 13.2 trillion (compared to EUR 12.2 trillion in August 2014). 

Euroclear Bank has opened an account with Hong Kong’s Central Securities Depositary, the Central Moneymarkets Unit (CMU).

Eurex Clearing reports that it has admitted another major participant to EurexOTC Clear – the German Bund, represented by the Bundesrepublik Deutschland – Finanzagentur GmbH (the Federal Republic of Germany – Finance Agency).

Italy's Monte Titoli and its clients have successfully completed the migration to the European Central Bank’s Target2-Securities (T2S) platform, postponed to August 31 from June 22 when the first wave of implementation began, the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) reports.

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), Africa's largest exchange, says it has officially launched JSE Eris Interest Rate Swap (IRS) Futures, based on the Johannesburg Interbank Agreed Rate (JIBAR) and denominated in South African Rand (ZAR).