As regards the sectoral breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by nonfinancial corporations decreased from 12.5% in June 2010 to 10.4% in July. For the monetary financial institutions (MFIs) sector, this growth rate decreased from -0.4% in June 2010 to -0.8% in July. The annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by financial corporations other than MFIs decreased from 1.9% in June 2010 to 0.7% in July. For the general government, this growth rate increased from 7.6% in June 2010 to 7.9% in July.
As regards the maturity breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding short-term debt securities decreased from -6.8% in June 2010 to -8.0% in July. The annual growth rate of outstanding short-term debt securities issued by MFIs was -7.6% in July 2010, compared with -8.2% in June. For long-term debt securities, the annual growth rate decreased from 5.1% in June 2010 to 4.9% in July. The annual growth rate of outstanding long-term debt securities issued by MFIs decreased from 0.9% in June 2010 to 0.3% in July. The annual growth rate of outstanding fixed rate long-term debt securities decreased from 8.0% in June 2010 to 7.7% in July. The annual growth rate of outstanding variable rate long-term debt securities was -1.1% in July 2010, compared with -1.2% in June.
Concerning the currency breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding euro-denominated debt securities was 3.5% in July 2010, compared with 3.6% in June. For debt securities in other currencies, this growth rate decreased from 4.7% in June 2010 to 2.4% in July.
The seasonally adjusted three-month annualised growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by euro area residents was 1.2% in July 2010, compared with 1.3% in June.
New issuance of quoted shares by euro area residents totalled EUR 3.6 billion in July 2010. As redemptions came to EUR 0.6 billion, net issues amounted to EUR 3.0 billion. The annual growth rate of the outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro area residents (excluding valuation changes) was 1.8% in July 2010, compared with 1.9% in June. The annual growth rate of quoted shares issued by non-financial corporations was 0.9% in July 2010, compared with 1.0% in June. For monetary financial institutions, the corresponding growth rate decreased from 5.7% in June 2010 to 5.1% in July. For financial corporations other than MFIs, this growth rate increased from 4.3% in June 2010 to 4.5% in July.
The outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro area residents totalled EUR 4,269 billion at the end of July 2010. Compared with EUR 3,846 billion at the end of July 2009, this represents an annual increase of 11.0% in the value of the stock of quoted shares in July 2010, down from 14.4% in June.
