ETFs: “Exceptionally high turnover”

Following sharp declines on the stock markets and a sharp rise in energy prices, the situation on the stock exchanges has calmed down somewhat for the time being. Overall, buying interest continues to prevail.

March 10, 2026. FRANKFURT (Deutsche Börse). In a highly volatile market environment, the majority of investors have been buying in recent days. “With significantly higher turnover, we had around 20 percent more purchases than sales,” emphasizes Holger Heinrich of Baader Bank AG. Frank Mohr of Société Générale speaks of “exceptionally high turnover” and a “slight buying surplus.”

Strong demand for equity index funds

Equity ETFs are at the top of the shopping list. Mohr sees an above-average share of around 80 percent of the total transaction volume here. Two-thirds of this is accounted for by global and US index funds. “In such market phases, it is very common for the major indices to be traded more frequently.” The main purchases are the MSCI World ETFs from iShares and Amundi (IE00B4L5Y983 and <LU1737652237>) and the Vanguard S&P 500 (IE00B3XXRP09). According to Mohr, there are more sales for the iShares Nasdaq-100 (IE00B53SZB19).

Heinrich reports purchases of the UBS MSCI ACWI Socially Responsible (IE00BDR55471) and the VanEck World Equal Weight Screened (NL0010408704). On the sell side, the iShares Dow Jones Global Titans 50 (DE000A2QP4C4) and the Xtrackers MSCI World EUR Hedged (IE000ONQ3X90) were reduced.