Singapore Exchange Achieves Record Derivatives Trading Volume In 2002

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today announced that its total derivatives trading volume for 2002 was an all time high of 32,887,395 contracts, surpassing the previous record of 30,989,862 contracts set in 2001, and representing a growth of 6.1%.

The steady growth in the year may be attributed to the strong trading interest in Eurodollar Futures. Trading performance was also boosted by the MSCI Taiwan Index Futures and Options and the MSCI Singapore Index Futures contracts.

The year 2002 also saw several individual products breaking their previous record annual volumes set in 2001:-

Contract	Record Vol for 2002	Previous Record in 2001	Growth
Eurodollar Futures	19,504,044	17,684,054	+10.3%
MSCI Taiwan Index Futures	4,628,247	3,902,738	+18.6%
MSCI Singapore Stock Index Futures	711,687	488,489	+45.7%
Singapore Dollar Interest Rate Futures	128,034	111,210	+15.1%
MSCI Taiwan Index Options	47,897	42,899	+11.7%