SINGAPORE, Dec 5, 2012 - (ACN Newswire) - Singapore Exchange (SGX) today said securities and derivatives trading grew in November from a year earlier.
Securities
- The securities market turnover an daily average value (SDAV) both grew 8% year-on-year to S$27.3 billion and S$1.3 billion respectively. Compared with October, turnover was up 5% and SDAV was up 10%.
- However, exchange traded funds turnover was down 39% year-on-year to S$327 million.
- Value of bond listings was up 91%. A total of 35 listings raised S$15.3 billion compared with 16 listings raising S$8 billion a year earlier. Hutchison Whampoa International was the biggest issuer with an issue of US$1 billion 2% Guaranteed Notes due 2017 and another of US$500 million 3.25% Guaranteed Notes due 2022
Financial Derivatives
- Volume increased 23% year-on-year to 7.19 million contracts and daily average volume increased 22% to 342,506 contracts.
- Equity index options volume more than tripled year-on-year to 630,292 contracts, driven by growth in the Nikkei 225 Index Options.
- Equity index futures volume was up 17% year-on-year to 6.47 million contracts, led by China A50 futures volume which more than tripled to 1.2 million contracts. - The Nikkei 225 futures and Nifty futures volume were both up 8% and 7% to more than 2.1 million contracts and 1.2 million contracts respectively.
- OTC interest rate swaps cleared totalled S$314 billion notional since its November 2010 launch. Volume of new trades cleared in November was S$2.7 billion, a decrease of 37% year-on-year, reflecting dampened market trading and corporate activities ahead of the holiday season. The first Singapore Dollar interest rate swaps trade compression eliminated S$25 billion in outstanding notional value, whilst keeping the market exposure of the Clearing Members almost unchanged.
Commodities
- AsiaClear volume increased 47% to 28,264 contracts; iron ore swaps clearing volume increased 65% to 20,877 contracts while volume of energy swaps cleared more than doubled to 1,048 contracts.
- SICOM rubber futures trading was down by half to 15,041 contracts, reflecting a year-end slowdown in the physical market.
SGX Statistics At A Glance - November 2012
Oct 2012 Nov 2012
Number of Trading Days (Securities) 22 21
Securities market Turnover Volume (million shares) 35,664 43,315
Securities market Turnover Value ($million) 25,955 27,309
Securities Daily Average ($million) 1,180 1,300
Derivatives Volume 7,033,143 7,190,079
Derivatives Daily Average Volume 333,464 342,506
Total Number of Listed Securities 780 777
Total Market Capitalisation ($million) 904,630 910,673
Contact:
Loh Wei Ling
Communications
Tel: +65 6236 8157
Email: weiling.loh@sgx.com
Carolyn Lim
Communications
Tel: +65 6236 8139
Email: carolyn.lim@sgx.com
Topic: Sales Results
Source: Singapore Exchange (SGX)
Sectors: Daily Finance, Daily News
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