As regards the sectoral breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by nonfinancial corporations was 8.3% in November 2010, compared with 8.5% in October. For the monetary financial institutions (MFIs) sector, this growth rate was 0.1% in November 2010, the same as in October. The annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by financial corporations other than MFIs increased from 0.4% in October 2010 to 2.5% in November. For the general government, this growth rate increased from 6.8% in October 2010 to 8.4% in November.
As regards the maturity breakdown, the annual rate of change of outstanding short-term debt securities was -0.1% in November 2010, compared with -3.9% in October. The annual growth rate of outstanding short-term debt securities issued by MFIs increased from 0.6% in October 2010 to 4.1% in November. For long-term debt securities, the annual growth rate increased from 4.1% in October 2010 to 4.8% in November. The annual rate of change of outstanding longterm debt securities issued by MFIs decreased from 0.0% in October 2010 to -0.5% in November. The annual growth rate of outstanding fixed rate long-term debt securities was 7.1% in November 2010, compared with 6.9% in October. The annual rate of change of outstanding variable rate long-term debt securities increased from -0.5% in October 2010 to 1.0% in November.
Concerning the currency breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding euro-denominated debt securities increased from 3.2% in October 2010 to 4.3% in November. For debt securities in other currencies, this growth rate increased from 2.8% in October 2010 to 4.1% in November.
The seasonally adjusted three-month annualised growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by euro area residents increased from 5.6% in October 2010 to 7.4% in November.
New issuance of quoted shares by euro area residents totalled EUR 8.2 billion in November 2010. As redemptions came to EUR 1.0 billion, net issues amounted to EUR 7.3 billion. The annual growth rate of the outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro area residents (excluding valuation changes) was 1.7% in November 2010, compared with 1.8% in October. The annual growth rate of quoted shares issued by non-financial corporations was 0.8% in November 2010, the same as in October. For monetary financial institutions, the corresponding growth rate decreased from 7.3% in October 2010 to 6.8% in November. For financial corporations other than MFIs, this growth rate was 3.8% in November 2010, compared with 4.0% in October.
The outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro area residents totalled EUR 4,408 billion at the end of November 2010. Compared with EUR 4,078 billion at the end of November 2009, this represents an annual increase of 8.1% in the value of the stock of quoted shares in November 2010, down from 11.5% in October.
