SINGAPORE, Apr 5, 2011 - (ACN Newswire) - Singapore Exchange (SGX) today said its derivatives daily average volume reached an all-time high in March while securities and clearing activities grew from a year earlier.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
Securities Market
-- Turnover rose 22% year on year to $37.2 billion with a securities daily average volume of $1.6 billion.
-- ETF trading more than doubled to $1.08 billion from a year earlier.
Derivatives Market
-- Volume was 8.5 million contracts, up 79% from the previous year. Daily average volume was a record-high 381,451 contracts, 19% higher than the previous peak of 320,022 in October 2008.
-- Nikkei 225 Index futures volume more than doubled year on year to 4.9 million contracts while S&P CNX Nifty futures volume increased 68% to 1.2 million contracts. FTSE A50 futures continued to be active with 203,586 contracts traded and open interest of 37,353.
Commodities Market
-- LME-SGX metal futures trading increased and total volume in March was 38,922 contracts.
Clearing Business
-- Clearing of Iron Ore Swaps rose 54% to 4,257 contracts from a year earlier.
-- Clearing of OTC financial derivatives continued to gain momentum with a notional US$12.7 billion of interest rate swaps cleared in March.
SGX Monthly Market Statistics March 2011
Feb 2011 March 2011
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Number of Trading Days (securities) 18 23
Securities Market Turnover Volume (mil shares) 24,159 29,119
Securities Market Turnover Value ($million) 31,467 37,180
Securities Daily Average ($million) 1,748 1,617
Derivatives Volume 5,209,256 8,484,045
Derivatives Daily Average Volume 300,495 381,451
Total Number of Listed Securities 784 785
Total Market Capitalistion 859,028 889,388
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Contact:
Singapore Exchange
Carolyn Lim
Communications
Tel: +65 6236 8139
Email: carolyn.lim@sgx.com
Joan Lew
Communications
Tel: +65 6236 8658
Email: joan@sgx.com
Topic: Production report
Source: Singapore Exchange (SGX)
Sectors: Daily Finance, Daily News
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