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SINGAPORE, June 2, 2011 - (ACN Newswire) - Singapore Exchange (SGX) said securities and derivatives trading activity declined in May from a year earlier, in line with other global markets.
Securities
-- Turnover fell 17% year on-year and 10% from a month earlier to $29.2 billion; securities daily average volume was $1.5 billion.
-- Exchange traded fund trading rose 16% to $1.1 billion from a year earlier.
Derivatives
-- Volume fell 17% to 5.0 million contracts from a year earlier but was up 2% from April; derivatives daily average volume was 243,948 contracts.
-- Nifty futures volume was 1.2 million contracts, up 16% year on year.
Clearing
-- Volume of OTC commodity contracts cleared increased 6% to 11,242 contracts from a year earlier.
-- Volume of iron ore swaps cleared hit a new record high of 6,905 contracts, up 73% from a year earlier.
-- Volume of Interest Rate Swaps cleared totaled US$76.5 billion from the November 2010 launch to 31 May 2011.
SGX Statistics At A Glance
Mar 2011 Apr 2011
Number of Trading Days (Securities) 20 20
Securities market Turnover Volume (mil shares) 25,762 21,689
Securities market Turnover Value ($million) 32,310 29,246
Securities Daily Average ($million) 1,616 1,462
Derivatives Volume 4,851,721 4,956,239
Derivatives Daily Average Volume 252,401 243,948
Total Number of Listed Securities 784 779
Total Market Capitalisation 901,324 901,197
Contact:
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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