this post contains sponsored advertising content this content is for informational purposes only and is not intended to be investing advice firstquarter 2022 market performance results seem arguably clear bears are currently happy with the world’s financial markets exchangetraded funds etfs that track major indices tell this story with relative clarity spdr sp 500 exchange traded fund spy the fidelity nasdaq composite index etf oneq and the spdr dow jones industrial average etf dia all experienced drawbacks in april on a macro level the federal reserve’s decision to impose multiple federal rate hikes and the war between russia and ukraine are often cited as some of the largest reasons that leave investors cautious for the remainder of the year otc markets group inc otcm was not immune to market influences in april the operator of regulated markets reported a total monthly dollar volume of 406 billion compared to 574 billion in march despite this reduction the otcqx best market and otcqb venture market maintained a strong international presence and witnessed rising trading volume in select securities the otcqx best market mostactive securities welcomes new faces the otcqx best market recorded a total of 105 billion in trading volume in april a slight decrease from march’s 124 billion figure the top three mostactive securities on the otcqx were grayscale bitcoin trust gbtc grayscale ethereum trust ethe and roche holdings ag rhhby the last of which rose from thirdmosttraded security in march to the firstmosttraded in april the otcqx’s top 10 mostactive securities experienced a slight reshuffle in april welcoming three new companies asm international nv asmiy anglo american plc ngloy and tesco plc tscdy on its rise to fourth place on otcqx’s most active securities list asm recorded a significant increase in trading volume compared to last month the netherlandsheadquartered company specializes in the design manufacturing sales and service of semiconductor devices international operators once again maintain a strong presence on otcqx composing 21 of the top 30 securities france’s bnp paribas sa bnpqy and germany’s infineon technologies ag ifnny adidas ag addyy and basf se basfy were again on the otcqx top 10 most active securities while ireland’s experian plc expgy and south africa’s impala platinum holdings ltd impuy made it among april’s top 30 most active securities the otcqb venture market recorded a total of 11 billion dollars in trading volume in april a slight decrease from march’s 12 billion figure nine of the 10 securities on march’s top mosttraded securities on the otcqb retained their spots on april’s list with lithium corp ltum representing the new face on the block the presence of international operators on the otcqb best market was reinvigorated in april with 17 internationals landing a spot among the top 30 mosttraded securities up from 13 in march of these 17 securities 11 are canadian four are australian one is english and one is from hong kong   sprott physical uranium trust fund retained its title as the mosttraded security on otcqb      lithium corp climbed to 10th place in the mostactive group and recorded a 163 million rise in trading volume compared to last month   voxtur analytics corp experienced an 87 million increase in trading volume compared to march climbing to 13th place on the otcqb’s top 30   sysorex inc recorded an 83 million increase in trading volume compared to march climbing to 14th place on the otcqb’s top 30 below are the top 10 most actively traded securities on the otcqx best market and otcqb venture market in april this post contains sponsored advertising content this content is for informational purposes only and is not intended to be investing advice