SGX Reports Market Statistics For January 2019

• Securities daily average value rises 18% m-o-m, as STI gains about 4% in January 2019
• Commodities Derivatives volume increases to highest since November 2016

Securities

• Total Securities market turnover value was at S$21.7 billion, up 29% month-on-month (m-o-m) and down 26% year-on-year (y-o-y), over 22 trading days. There were 20 trading days in December 2018 and 22 in January 2018.
• Securities daily average value (SDAV) was S$986 million, up 18% m-o-m and down 26% y-o-y.
• Market turnover value of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) was S$214 million, down 6% m-o-m and down 16% y-o-y.
• Market turnover value of structured warrants and Daily Leveraged Certificates (DLCs) was S$1.45 billion, up 46% m-o-m and unchanged y-o-y.
• There was 1 Catalist listing during the month, raising S$13.2 million.
• There were 54 new bond listings, raising S$25.49 billion.
• Total market capitalisation value of 742 listed companies stood at S$963.98 billion as of end-January 2019.

Derivatives

• Total Derivatives volume was 18.61 million, up 1% month-on-month (m-o-m) and up 3% year-on-year (y-o-y).
• Equity Index Futures volume was 13.77 million, down 4% m-o-m and down 5% y-o-y.
• FTSE China A50 Index Futures volume was 7.49 million, up 4% m-o-m and down 3% y-o-y.
• SGX Nifty 50 Index Futures volume was 1.80 million, up 16% m-o-m and down 10% y-o-y.
• Nikkei 225 Index Futures volume was 1.63 million, down 30% m-o-m and down 10% y-o-y.
• MSCI Taiwan Index Futures volume was 1.81 million, up 14% m-o-m and down 1% y-o-y.
• MSCI Singapore Index Futures volume was 803,054, up 5% m-o-m and down 14% y-o-y.
• Total FX Futures volume was 1.87 million, up 7% m-o-m and up 30% y-o-y.
• SGX INR/USD Futures volume was 1.13 million, up 6% m-o-m and unchanged y-o-y.
• SGX USD/CNH Futures volume was 730,303, up 12% m-o-m and up 146% y-o-y.

Commodities

• SGX Commodities Derivatives volume was 2.04 million, up 60% month-on-month (m-o-m) and up 52% year-on-year (y-o-y).
• Iron Ore Derivatives volume was 1.76 million, up 63% m-o-m and up 57% y-o-y.
• Forward Freight Derivatives volume was 84,381, up 87% m-o-m and up 37% y-o-y.
• Volume of SICOM Rubber Futures, the world’s price benchmark for physical rubber, was 180,450, up 33% m-o-m and up 25% y-o-y.

The full report can be found here.