SINGAPORE, Jan 4, 2012 - (ACN Newswire) - Singapore Exchange (SGX) posted year-on-year increases in its derivatives, commodities and clearing activities in December while securities trading declined.
Securities
- Turnover fell 41% to $17 billion while securities daily average value traded was 36% lower at $794 million.
- Exchange traded fund turnover declined 18% to $640 million.
Derivatives
- Volume was up 6% at 5.1 million contracts while daily average volume increased 8% to 241,783 contracts.
- China A50 futures trading more than doubled to 342,825 contracts, Nifty futures activity rose 28% to 1.1 million contracts and MSCI Taiwan futures volume was 8% up at 1.2 million contracts.
Commodities and clearing
- Trading of agricultural commodity futures rose 6% to 17,263 contracts as participation in SICOM rubber futures continued to grow.
- Volume of OTC commodity contracts cleared was 8% up at 12,369 contracts; clearing of iron ore swaps was over three times that of a year earlier at 7,453 contracts.
- OTC interest rate swaps cleared totalled a notional $186 billion since the November 2010 launch of the service; volume cleared in December was $1.3 billion, down 68%.
Fixed Income
- Bond listings totalled $8.3 billion, up 49%. The biggest listings were KDDI Corporation's 190-billion-yen 2015 convertible bond, Tencent Holdings' US$600 million 2016 senior note and Hana Bank's US$500 million 2017 note.
SGX Statistics At A Glance
Nov 2011 Dec 2011
Number of Trading Days (Securities) 21 21
Securities market Turnover Volume (mil shares) 24,512 15,107
Securities market Turnover Value ($mil) 25,394 16,665
Securities Daily Average ($mil) 1,209 794
Derivatives Volume 5,825,262 5,149,090
Derivatives Daily Average Volume 281,038 241,783
Total Number of Listed Securities 775 773
Total Market Capitalisation ($mil) 783,892 775,780
Contact:
Carolyn Lim
Communications
Tel: +65 6236 8139
Email: Carolyn.lim@sgx.com
Loh Wei Ling
Communications
Tel: +65 6236 8157
Email: Loh.weiling@sgx.com
Topic: Production report
Source: Singapore Exchange (SGX)
Sectors: Daily Finance, Daily News
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