SGX March Statistics

Key Highlights

Securities Market

Total securities trading value was up 48% year-on-year to $30.4 billion, reflecting the return of investors’ confidence and interests.
Securities trading value on Catalist was $378 million, 9 times higher year-on-year.

Derivatives and Commodities Markets

Overall volume dipped 2% due to muted volatility in the market. However, trading of equity index options more than doubled to 28,699 contracts year-on-year.
Trading in SICOM rose 54% to 36,701 contracts year-on-year, signaling the increasing interest in commodities. SICOM Gold Contract made its successful debut on 30 March 2010 with 17,060 lots traded in the first two days of trading.

Additional enhancements to the SGX monthly statistics report for March include data on securities market turnover velocity and IPO fund-raising.

More improvements to the monthly statistics report will continue in the months ahead to meet the needs of users.

The consolidated overview of the securities, derivatives and commodities markets is now available on the SGX website at the following URL: