- Securities daily average value (SDAV) highest since May 2013.
- Good underlying volumes across financial derivatives complex during a traditionally low activity Lunar New Year month.
Securities
- Total Securities market turnover value was at S$32.8 billion, up 12% month-on-month (m-o-m) and up 16% year-on-year (y-o-y), over 19 trading days. There were 22 trading days in January 2018 and 20 in February 2017.
- Securities daily average value (SDAV) was S$1.7 billion, up 29% m-o-m and up 22% y-o-y.
- Market turnover value of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) was S$344 million, up 36% m-o-m and up 44% y-o-y.
- Market turnover value of structured warrants and Daily Leveraged Certificates (DLCs) was S$2.1 billion, up 45% m-o-m and up 78% y-o-y*.
- There were 93 new bond listings, raising S$40.2 billion.
- Total market capitalisation value of 746 listed companies stood at S$1.1 trillion as at end-February 2018.
Derivatives
- Total Derivatives volume was 18.1 million, unchanged month-on-month (m-o-m) and up 45% year-on-year (y-o-y).
- Equity Index Futures volume was 14.7 million, up 1% m-o-m and up 48% y-o-y.
- FTSE China A50 Index Futures remained the most active contract with volume of 7.1 million, down 8% m-o-m and up 53% y-o-y.
- SGX Nifty 50 Index Futures volume was 2.2 million, up 9% m-o-m and up 41% y-o-y.
- Nikkei 225 Index Futures volume was 2.3 million, up 29% m-o-m and up 66% y-o-y.
- MSCI Taiwan Index Futures volume was 1.8 million, down 3% m-o-m and up 20% y-o-y.
- MSCI Singapore Index Futures volume was 970,227, up 4% m-o-m and up 30% y-o-y.
- MSCI India NTR Futures volume was 41,715, up 114% m-o-m**.
- Total FX Futures volume was 1.2 million, down 19% m-o-m and up 99% y-o-y.
- SGX INR/USD Futures volume was 915,032, down 19% m-o-m and up 87% y-o-y.
- SGX USD/CNH Futures volume was 243,089, down 18% m-o-m and up 164% y-o-y.
- Value of cleared OTC SGD Interest Rate Swaps was S$11.5 billion, up 15% m-o-m and down 12% y-o-y.
Commodities
- SGX Commodities Derivatives volume was 1.1 million, down 19% month-on-month (m-o-m) and down 27% year-on-year (y-o-y).
- Iron Ore Derivatives volume was 932,050 million, down 17% m-o-m and down 29% y-o-y.
- Forward Freight Derivatives volume was 42,317, down 31% m-o-m and up 17% y-o-y.
- Volume of SICOM Rubber Futures, the world’s price benchmark for physical rubber, was 109,593, down 24% m-o-m and down 13% y-o-y.
The full report can be found here.
*DLCs were launched in 2017
**Product launched in June 2017 so no comparable February 2017 volume available