Ninety-five products , worth €2.1 billion, were added to the Italian database in December 2018. Issuance was down 31% while sales volume almost quadrupled compared to November. During the last month of the year, 85 certificates struck and another 266 reached their maturity, returning €1.9 billion back to the market. The best performing product for the month was Unicredit’s Express Certificate linked to STMicroelectronics. The product returned 130% (19.2866 pa) after 1.5-year.