ASX has also reported the highest-ever trading volumes for August, making this the third successive record trading month on the exchange. The market averaged almost 70,000 trades per day, which is 42% higher than for the same month in the previous year.
The records were set as major retail broker CommSec announced record trading levels. August saw records set for both number and value of trades, the broker has reported.
Yesterday, ASX saw the highest volume in exchange traded options traded, largely as a result of interest and activity in AMP and Telstra, coinciding with options expiry day. Today, the first day after expiry, an extraordinary 121,080 options contracts were traded.
The ASX website yesterday also recorded the highest traffic levels for two years, with almost 750,000 page impressions. ASX consistently rates number two for traffic in the category of Stocks and Shares.
Largest Trading Days
| Trade Count | Value ($mill) | |||
| 30/6/00 | 103,396 | 2 |
6,982 | |
| 29/08/03 | 102533 | 28/6/02 | 6,217 | |
| 29/3/0 |
101,887 | 31/3/03 | 5,416 | |
| 28/3/00 | 99,763 | 22/2/02 | 5,245 | |
| 29/6/01 | 94,007 | 29/08/03 | 5,165 |
Recent Monthly Volume Comparisons
| August 2003 | %* | July 2003 | % | June 2003 | % | |||
| Total trades | 1.5m | 36% | Total trades | 1.4 M | 13% | Total trades | 1.3M | 10% |
|
Valu |
$51B | 18% | Valu |
$50B | -4% | Valu |
$50B | 10% |
| Av daily trades | 69,900 | 42% | Av daily trades | 61,061 | 13% | Av daily trades | 66,000 | 5% |
| % Retail | 56% | % Retail | 53% | % Retail | 52% | |||
| August 2002 | July 2002 | June 2002 | ||||||
| Total trades | 1.1M | Total trades | 1.3M | Total trades | 1.2M | |||
| Valu |
$43B | Valu |
$53B | Valu |
$46B | |||
| Av daily trades | 49,122 | Av daily trades | 54,213 | Av daily trades | 63,032 | |||
| % Retail | 56% | % Retail | 56% | % Retail | 56% |
*Percentage Increase to Previous Corresponding Calender Month
