As regards the sectoral breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by nonfinancial corporations decreased from 4.8% in March 2011 to 3.3% in April. For the monetary financial institutions (MFIs) sector, this growth rate decreased from 0.8% in March 2011 to 0.5% in April. The annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by financial corporations other than MFIs was 1.2% in April 2011, compared with 1.3% in March. For the general government, this growth rate was 6.7% in April 2011, compared with 6.6% in March.
As regards the maturity breakdown, the annual rate of change of outstanding short-term debt securities decreased from -4.5% in March 2011 to -6.1% in April. The annual rate of change of outstanding short-term debt securities issued by MFIs decreased from 0.8% in March 2011 to - 2.3% in April. For long-term debt securities, the annual growth rate was 4.3% in April 2011, the same as in March. The annual growth rate of outstanding long-term debt securities issued by MFIs was 0.9% in April 2011, compared with 0.8% in March. The annual growth rate of outstanding fixed rate long-term debt securities decreased from 6.6% in March 2011 to 6.1% in April. The annual rate of change of outstanding variable rate long-term debt securities increased from -0.4% in March 2011 to 0.1% in April.
Concerning the currency breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding euro-denominated debt securities was 3.4% in April 2011, the same as in March. For debt securities in other currencies, this growth rate decreased from 3.0% in March 2011 to 1.8% in April.
The seasonally adjusted three-month annualised growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by euro area residents decreased from 3.7% in March 2011 to 1.6% in April.
New issuance of quoted shares by euro area residents totalled EUR 9.7 billion in April 2011. As redemptions came to EUR 0.5 billion, net issues amounted to EUR 9.2 billion. The annual growth rate of the outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro area residents (excluding valuation changes) was 1.4% in April 2011, compared with 1.2% in March. The annual growth rate of quoted shares issued by non-financial corporations was 0.6% in April 2011, compared with 0.5% in March. For MFIs, the corresponding growth rate increased from 6.2% in March 2011 to 6.8% in April. For financial corporations other than MFIs, this growth rate was 2.5% in April 2011, the same as in March.
The outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro area residents totalled EUR 4,892 billion at the end of April 2011. Compared with EUR 4,410 billion at the end of April 2010, this represents an annual increase of 10.9% in the value of the stock of quoted shares in April 2011, up from 6.6% in March.
