49|2017
STATISTICAL PRESS RELEASE
Securities issues
March 2017
11 May 2017
Today, Banco de Portugal publishes statistics, in Table by non-financial corporations, to the amount of €0.8
A.25 of the Statistical Bulletin and in BPstat, on issues billion, the highest level since December 2015.
of debt securities and shares for March 2017.
In March, the balance of securities issued by residents
In March, net issues (gross issues minus redemptions) recorded the highest increase of the last two years, to
of securities by residents totalled €3.9 billion, the the amount of €8.4 billion, reaching €432.2 billion
highest level since December 2015 (Chart 1). This is (Chart 3). This increase was due to the abovelargely the result of the net issue of banks’ shares, to mentioned positive net issues, as well as to valuations
the amount of €2.5 billion, the highest since June 2000 of non-financial corporations’ shares and public debt
(Chart 2). Since the beginning of the year, net issues securities of approximately €2.6 and €1.3 billion
of banks’ shares totalled €5.3 billion. As regards debt respectively (Chart 4).
securities, mention should be made of the net issue
5
40
4
40
4
30
3
30
3
20
2
20
2
10
1
10
1
0
0
-10
-1
0
0
Billion euros
50
Billion euros
5
50
Billion euros
Chart 2 • Securities issues, by institutional sector |
net issues
-10
-1
-20
-2
-20
-2
-30
-3
-30
-3
-4
-40
-40
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Debt securities
2016
Mar - 16 Feb - 17 Mar - 17
Shares
Total
Chart 3 • Securities issues, by instrument | endof-month outstanding amount
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Mar - 16 Feb - 17 Mar - 17
Non-financial corporations
General government
-4
Financial corporations
Total
Chart 4 • Securities issues, by institutional sector |
end-of-month outstanding amount
200
500
180
450
Billion euros
400
Billion euros
2011
Billion euros
Chart 1 • Securities issues, by instrument | net
issues
350
300
250
160
140
120
200
100
150
100
Mar. 12
Mar. 13
Debt securities
Mar. 14
Mar. 15
Shares
Mar. 16
Mar. 17
Total
80
Mar. 12
Mar. 13
Mar. 14
Non-financial corporations
General government
Mar. 15
Mar. 16
Mar. 17
Financial corporations
2
BANCO DE PORTUGAL • Securities issues
Additional information available at:
Table A.25 of the Statistical Bulletin
Domain: Securities issues statistics of BPstat|Statistics Online
Next update: 8 June 2017
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