Published: March 02, 2011
Singapore Exchange (SGX) Securities and Derivatives Activities Increase in February
Singapore, Mar 3, 2011 - (ACN Newswire) - Singapore Exchange (SGX) today said trading on its derivatives and securities markets increased in February from a year earlier.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
Securities Market
- Securities turnover grew 32% year on year to $31.5 billion with an SDAV of $1.7 billion.
- ETF trading tripled to $628 million from a year earlier. Five Asian sectoral ETFs were added in February, offering customers the region's most comprehensive suite of sectoral ETFs. The additions bring to 80 the total number of ETFs onSGX.
Derivatives and Commodities Markets
- Derivatives volume was 5.2 million contracts, up 39% from the previous year. The average daily volume was 300,493 contracts.
- Nifty index futures volume grew 55% year on year to 1.1 million contractswhile FTSE A50 futures activity continued to increase with volume of 221,729 contracts in February.
- AsiaClear volume in February doubled to 15,571 contracts from a year earlier.
- The OTC financial derivatives clearing business, which began in November, showed good traction with a notional US$24.2 billion of interest rate swaps cleared from the launch to end-February. In February alone, a notional US$10.2 billion of swaps were cleared.
New statistics added to this report include data onsecurities on loan under the CDP Securities Borrowing and Lending programme and trading statistics for LME-SGX metal futures.
SGX Monthly Market Statistics February 2011
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Jan 2011 Feb 2011
Number of Trading Days (securities) 21 18
Securities Market Turnover Vol (mil shares) 38,001 24,159
Securities Market Turnover Value ($million) 37,180 31,467
Securities Daily Average ($million) 1,770 1,748
Derivatives Volume 5,110,123 5,209,216
Derivatives Daily Average Volume 260,233 300,493
Total Number of Listed Securities 785784
Total Market Capitalistion 899,815 859,028
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Source: Singapore Exchange (SGX)
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