As regards the sectoral breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by nonfinancial corporations decreased from 8.6% in September 2010 to 8.3% in October. For the monetary financial institutions (MFIs) sector, the annual rate of change increased from -0.4% in September 2010 to 0.0% in October. The annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by financial corporations other than MFIs was 0.4% in October 2010, compared with 0.6% in September. For the general government, this growth rate was 6.8% in October 2010, compared with 6.9% in September.
As regards the maturity breakdown, the annual rate of change of outstanding short-term debt securities was -4.0% in October 2010, compared with -5.1% in September). The annual rate of change of outstanding short-term debt securities issued by MFIs increased from -2.6% in September 2010 to 0.2% in October. For long-term debt securities, the annual growth rate was 4.0% in October 2010, compared with 4.1% in September. The annual rate of change of outstanding long-term debt securities issued by MFIs was 0.0% in October 2010, compared with -0.1% in September. The annual growth rate of outstanding fixed rate long-term debt securities was 6.9% in October 2010, compared with 7.0% in September. The annual rate of change of outstanding variable rate long-term debt securities was -0.5% in October 2010, compared with -1.0% in September.
Concerning the currency breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding euro-denominated debt securities was 3.2% in October 2010, compared with 3.1% in September. For debt securities in other currencies, this growth rate increased from 2.5% in September 2010 to 2.8% in October.
The seasonally adjusted three-month annualised growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by euro area residents decreased from 6.3% in September 2010 to 5.5% in October.
New issuance of quoted shares by euro area residents totalled EUR 16.3 billion in October 2010. Redemptions came to EUR 0.2 billion and net issues amounted to EUR 16.0 billion. The annual growth rate of the outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro area residents (excluding valuation changes) was 1.9% in October 2010, compared with 1.7% in September. The annual growth rate of quoted shares issued by non-financial corporations was 0.8% in October 2010,
compared with 0.9% in September. For monetary financial institutions, the corresponding growth rate increased from 5.1% in September 2010 to 7.3% in October. For financial corporations other than MFIs,this growth rate was 4.0% in October 2010, the same as in September.
The outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro area residents totalled EUR 4,531 billion at the end of October 2010. Compared with EUR 4,063 billion at the end of October 2009, this represents an annual increase of 11.5% in the value of the stock of quoted shares in October 2010, up from 3.2% in September.
