CAPTION: The word "Börse" appears on the display board with the Dax curve in the trading room of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. (picture alliance/Arne Dedert/dpa/archive)
Investors last year traded stocks and shares on the German market at a pace not seen since the global financial crisis.
Wild price fluctuations due to international trade conflicts and insecurity due to Brexit raised order book sales on the 2018 spot market to 1.72 trillion euros (1.95 trillion dollars), the German Stock Exchange announced Wednesday in Frankfurt.
This marks the highest trade volume since 2008, said the DAX company.
Strong trade in shares was especially reflected in full order books of the Xetra, Tradegate and Frankfurt Stock Exchange platforms.
The spot market features trading in which commodities are delivered and paid for immediately after a sale, in contrast to a futures market, where the exchange occurs at a later date.
The German stock market gave investors a rollercoaster ride in 2018. After an auspicious start to the year, the prices continued to drop towards the year's end. Fears over global trade conflicts and their consequences for the economy and German companies led to the DAX plunging, losing some 18 per cent - the heaviest losses since 2008.
The German Stock Exchange however profits from the fluctuations: It does better when commodities are quickly traded between investors.
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