Trading in emerging markets (EM) debt instruments reached $4,901bn in 2017, constituting a decline of 5.1% from $5,167bn in 2016, due to lower uncertainty and less volatility in global markets. Trading in EM debt instruments reached $1,323bn in the first quarter, $1,132bn in the second quarter, $1,299bn in the third quarter and $1,147bn in the fourth quarter of 2017. Also, trading increased by 1.3% in the fourth quarter of 2017 from $1,132bn in the fourth quarter of 2016. Turnover in local-currency instruments reached $2,747bn in 2017, down by 14.4% from $3,209bn in 2016. Further, trading in sovereign and corporate Eurobonds stood at $2,120bn in 2017, up by 9.7% from $1,932bn in 2016. The volume of traded sovereign Eurobonds reached $1,163bn and accounted for 54.9% of total Eurobonds traded last year, while the volume of traded corporate Eurobonds reached $801bn or 37.8% of the total. In addition, turnover in warrants and options stood at $32bn in 2017, while loan assignments reached $1bn. The most frequently traded instruments in 2017 were Mexican fixed-income assets with a turnover of $699bn, or 14.3% of the total, followed by securities from Brazil with $651bn (13.3%), instruments from China with $400bn (8.2%), and fixed-income securities from India and South Africa with $382bn each (7.8% each).
Source: EMTA
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