Euro area securities issues statistics: April 2021

11 June 2021

• The annual growth rate of the outstanding amount of debt securities issued by euro area residents decreased from 8.4% in March 2021 to 7.0% in April.
• For the outstanding amount of listed shares issued by euro area residents, the annual growth rate increased from 1.7% in March 2021 to 2.0% in April.

Debt securities

New issuances of debt securities by euro area residents totalled EUR 720.8 billion in April 2021. Redemptions amounted to EUR 684.5 billion and hence net issues to EUR 36.3 billion. The annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by euro area residents decreased from 8.4% in March 2021 to 7.0% in April.

Data for debt securities

Breakdown by maturity

The annual growth rate of outstanding short-term debt securities decreased from 14.5% in March 2021 to 5.9% in April. For long-term debt securities, the annual growth rate decreased from 7.9% in March 2021 to 7.0% in April. The annual growth rate of outstanding fixed rate long-term debt securities decreased from 8.5% in March 2021 to 7.3% in April. The annual growth rate of outstanding variable rate long-term debt securities increased from 1.4% in March 2021 to 1.7% in April.

Data for breakdown by maturity

Breakdown by sector

As regards the sectoral breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by non-financial corporations decreased from 11.9% in March 2021 to 8.3% in April. For the monetary financial institutions (MFIs) sector, this growth rate decreased from 2.2% in March 2021 to 0.9% in April. The annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by financial corporations other than MFIs increased from 3.7% in March 2021 to 4.1% in April. For the general government, this growth rate decreased from 13.0% in March 2021 to 11.0% in April.

The annual rate of change of outstanding short-term debt securities issued by MFIs was -8.0% in April 2021, compared with -10.8% in March. The annual growth rate of outstanding long-term debt securities issued by MFIs decreased from 4.0% in March 2021 to 2.0% in April.

Data for breakdown by sector

Breakdown by currency

Concerning the currency breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding euro-denominated debt securities decreased from 9.6% in March 2021 to 7.9% in April. For debt securities denominated in other currencies, this growth rate increased from 1.0% in March 2021 to 1.4% in April.

Data for breakdown by currency

Listed shares

New issuances of listed shares by euro area residents totalled EUR 38.8 billion in April 2021. Redemptions amounted to EUR 4.5 billion and hence net issues to EUR 34.3 billion. The annual growth rate of the outstanding amount of listed shares issued by euro area residents (excluding valuation changes) increased from 1.7% in March 2021 to 2.0% in April. The annual growth rate of listed shares issued by non-financial corporations increased from 1.1% in March 2021 to 1.5% in April. For MFIs, the corresponding growth rate was 1.4% in April 2021, the same as in March. For financial corporations other than MFIs, this growth rate increased from 5.0% in March 2021 to 5.3% in April.

The market value of the outstanding amount of listed shares issued by euro area residents totalled EUR 9,468.8 billion at the end of April 2021. Compared with EUR 6,966.3 billion at the end of April 2020, this represents an annual increase of 35.9% in the value of the stock of listed shares in April 2021, down from 43.3% in March.

Data for listed shares

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Notes:

• Unless otherwise indicated, data relate to non-seasonally adjusted statistics. In addition to the developments for April 2021, this statistical release incorporates minor revisions to the data for previous periods. The annual growth rates are based on financial transactions that occur when an institutional unit incurs or redeems liabilities, they are not affected by the impact of any other changes which do not arise from transactions.
• Hyperlinks in the main body of the statistical release and in annex tables lead to data that may change with subsequent releases as a result of revisions. Figures shown in annex tables are a snapshot of the data as at the time of the current release.
• The next statistical release on euro area securities issues will be published on 12 July 2021.