As regards the sectoral breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by nonfinancial corporations decreased from 16.1% in March 2010 to 15.7% in April. For the monetary financial institutions (MFIs) sector, this growth rate was 1.3% in April 2010, compared with 1.4% in March. The annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by financial corporations other than MFIs decreased from 7.2% in March 2010 to 6.2% in April. For the general government, this growth rate was 8.6% in April 2010, compared with 8.7% in March.
As regards the maturity breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding short-term debt securities decreased from -6.5% in March 2010 to -8.0% in April. The annual growth rate of outstanding short-term debt securities issued by MFIs was -9.8% in April 2010, compared with -11.7% in March. For long-term debt securities, the annual growth rate was 7.6% in April 2010, compared with 7.7% in March. The annual growth rate of outstanding long-term debt securities issued by MFIs decreased from 3.8% to 3.3% during the same period. The annual growth rate of outstanding fixed rate long-term debt securities increased from 10.4% in March 2010 to 10.7% in April. The annual growth rate of outstanding variable rate long-term debt securities
decreased from 1.4% in March 2010 to 0.9% in April.
Concerning the currency breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding euro-denominated debt securities decreased from 6.2% in March 2010 to 5.7% in April. For debt securities in other currencies, this growth rate increased from 4.9% in March 2010 to 5.9% in April.
The seasonally adjusted three-month annualised growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by euro area residents decreased from 4.6% in March 2010 to 4.0% in April.
New issuance of quoted shares by euro area residents totalled EUR 1.8 billion in April 2010.
As redemptions came to EUR 0.4 billion, net issues amounted to EUR 1.5 billion. The annual growth rate of the outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro area residents (excluding valuation changes) was 2.7% in April 2010, compared with 2.8% in March. The annual growth rate of quoted shares issued by non-financial corporations was 1.7% in April 2010, compared with 1.8% in March. For monetary financial institutions, it decreased from 7.4% in March 2010 to 7.0% in April. For financial
corporations other than MFIs, this growth rate was 5.3% in April 2010, compared with 5.4% in March.
The outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro area residents totalled EUR 4,428 billion at the end of April 2010. Compared with EUR 3,461 billion at the end of April 2009, this represents an annual increase of 27.9% in the value of the stock of quoted shares in April 2010, down from 48.4% in March.
