SINGAPORE, Oct 3, 2012 - (ACN Newswire) - Singapore Exchange (SGX) today said securities and derivatives activities grew in September from a year earlier.
Securities
- Daily average value grew 4% year-on-year to S$1.4 billion while total value traded was 6% lower at S$28.2 billion due to fewer trading days.
- Exchange traded funds turnover halved to S$573 million from a year earlier.
- Value of bond listings quadrupled to S$17.9 billion. Bangkok Bank was the biggest issuer, raising a total US$1.2 billion.
Derivatives
- Daily average volume grew 4% from a year earlier to 364,473 contracts; total volume was 2% lower at 7.1 million contracts.
- Equity index options volume more than doubled to 545,354 contracts, led by a doubling in the volume of Nikkei 225 index options to 498,185 contracts.
- China A50 futures volume tripled to 839,215 contracts but Nikkei 225 futures trading was 15% less at 2.5 million contracts. MSCI Taiwan futures volume was 19% down at 1.4 million contracts while Nifty futures trading was 10% less at 1.3 million contracts.
Commodities
- SICOM rubber futures trading slid 6% to 23,064 contracts.
- OTC commodities clearing volume more than doubled to 46,062 contracts. Iron ore swaps clearing reached a new monthly record high of 35,414 contracts.
OTC Financials Clearing
- A total S$7.4 billion notional of new OTC Interest Rate Swap transactions were cleared, up 68% from a year earlier
- Since the November 2010 launch, SGX has cleared over S$298 billion notional of OTC IRS.
SGX Statistics At A Glance
Aug 2012 Sep 2012
Number of Trading Days (Securities) 21 20
Securities market Turnover Volume (million shares) 29,711 32,844
Securities market Turnover Value ($million) 29,376 28,187
Securities Daily Average ($million) 1,399 1,409
Derivatives Volume 6,508,560 7,054,228
Derivatives Daily Average Volume 292,558 364,473
Total Number of Listed Securities 775 774
Total Market Capitalisation ($million) 884,378 901,920
Contact:
Carolyn Lim
Tel: +65 6236 8139
Email: Carolyn.lim@sgx.com
Joan Lew
Tel: +65 6236 8658
Email: Joan.lew@sgx.com
Topic: Production report
Source: Singapore Exchange (SGX)
Sectors: Daily Finance, Daily News
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