Nikkei 225 Stock Index Futures Contract |
Record | New | Date | Previous | Date |
Daily Volume | 128,910 | 12 Mar 03 | 116,762 | 13 Sep 01 |
Mini 10-Year Japanese Government Bond (Mini JGB) Futures Contract |
Record | New | Date | Previous | Date |
Daily Volume | 54,567 | 07 Mar 03 | 38,860 | 05 Dec 00 |
Open Interest | 55,443 | 07 Mar 03 | 33,639 | 05 Jun 01 |
MSCI Singapore Index (SiMSCI) Futures Contract |
Record | New | Date | Previous | Date |
Open Interest | 30,017 | 21 Mar 03 | 28,105 | 25 Feb 03 |
SGX's total derivatives trading volume from January to March 2003 grew 10.8% to 8,091,788 contracts, from 7,302,430 contracts during the same period last year.
The trading volume in March 2003 grew 35.3% to 3,563,849 contracts, compared to 2,634,570 contracts in March 2002, and was an increase of 65.5% over the volume of 2,153,565 contracts traded in February 2003.
The month of March also saw robust growth of several derivatives contracts:-
| Futures Contracts | Volume for Mar 2003 | Volume for Mar 2002 | Growth (%) |
Eurodollar | 2,053,365 | 1,314,705 | +56.2 |
Nikkei 225 | 734,305 | 506,121 | +45.1 |
Mini JGB | 116,006 | 77,743 | +49.2 |
SiMSCI | 94,097 | 51,309 | +83.4 |
In particular, MSCI Singapore Stock Index Futures contracts traded 94,097 contracts, a 83.4% increase as compared to 51,309 contracts traded in March 2002. Eurodollar Futures contracts traded in March this year grew 56.2% to 2,053,365 contracts, from 1,314,705 contracts traded in the same month last year.
