SINGAPORE, Sept 2, 2011 - (ACN Newswire) - Singapore Exchange (SGX) said securities and derivatives trading volumes grew strongly in August from a year ago.
Securities
- Turnover increased 31% year on year to $41.4 billion; securities daily average value was $1.97 billion.
- Exchange traded fund turnover more than doubled from a year earlier, increasing by 156% to $1.18 billion.
- Structured warrants volume increased by 189%, more than doubled year-on-year to 5.2 million units.
Derivatives
- Total volume increased 53% year on year to 8.1 million contracts; derivatives daily average volume was 360,282 contracts.
- China A50 futures trading rose 31% from July to 301,133 contracts while MSCI Taiwan futures volume was 49% up from a year earlier to more than 2 million contracts. Nifty futures volume was 80% higher from a year earlier at 1.48 million contracts.
Commodities and Clearing
- Volume of OTC commodity contracts cleared rose 29% from a year earlier to 21,884 contracts.
- Volume of Iron Ore Swaps cleared hit a new record high of 8,564 contracts, more than double from a year earlier.
- Clearing of OTC Interest Rate Swaps continued to grow with a notional $22 billion cleared in August bringing the cumulative amount cleared since launch to $164 billion notional.
Consolidated Overview of the Securities, Derivatives and Commodities Markets
Jul 2011 Aug 2011
Number of Trading Days (Securities) 21 21
Securities market Turnover Volume (million shares) 26,528 33,043
Securities market Turnover Value ($million) 29,275 41,421
Securities Daily Average ($million) 1,394 1,972
Derivatives Volume 5,206,183 8,096,266
Derivatives Daily Average Volume 252,751 360,282
Total Number of Listed Securities 778 775
Total Market Capitalisation 905,887 819,845
Contact:
Loh Wei Ling
Communications
Tel: +65 6236 8157
Email: loh.weiling@sgx.com
Topic: Sales Results
Source: Singapore Exchange (SGX)
Sectors: Daily Finance, Daily News
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