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This is a shortened version of ASX’s normal monthly Activity Report, given its timing proximity to ASX’s half-year results for the six-month period ending 31 December 2009. These will be released on 18 February 2010 and will include comprehensive commentary from the Managing Director and CEO, and the Chief Financial Officer.
Listings and capital raisings
- In January there were 5 new listings, compared to 3 in the previous corresponding period (pcp). Total listed entities at the end of January 2010 were 2,1801, down 2% on the 2,217 a year ago.
- Total capital raised in January amounted to $1.1 billion, down 50% on the pcp. There was $560 million of new capital raised and $520 million in secondary raisings.
Trading – Cash markets (including equities, interest rates and warrants trades)
The All Ordinaries Index closed at 4,596.9 on the last trading day in January 2010 (the 29th), a decrease of 6% over the course of the month. The index was 48% higher than its 2009 low (in early March 2009).- Total cash market trades for January were 8.9 million, up 33% on the pcp.
- Average daily trades for January of 470,482 were 40% higher than the pcp.
- Total cash market traded value was $88.1 billion in January, with a daily average value of $4.6 billion, up 53% and 61% respectively on the pcp.
- In January the average value per trade was $9,855, up 15% on the pcp of $8,557, and the percentage of traded value crossed was 27% (23% pcp).
Trading - Derivatives markets
- Equity derivatives volume (excluding ASX SPI 200) for January 2010 was 1.5 million contracts, up 14% on the pcp, with a daily average of 78,319 contracts, up 20% on the pcp.
- Total futures and options on futures contracts volume (excluding equity derivatives and CFDs) for January was 4.5 million, up 43% on the pcp, with a notional value of $1.9 trillion. Average daily contracts volume during January of 222,531 was up 50% on the pcp.
- A total of 9,168 ASX CFD trades were transacted in January 2010 comprising a volume of 10.4 million contracts. The total notional value of all CFD trades for January was $247.7 million and the value of CFD open interest at the end of January was $101.4 million.
Supervisory monitoring and enforcement activity
- In January 2010 there were:
- 7,188 company announcements processed, up 3% on the pcp;
- 50 price queries issued to listed entities, down 18% on the pcp; and
- 58 trading halts granted, up 8% on the pcp.
A detailed activity statement for ASX group markets for January 2010 is attached .
ASX’s half-year results for FY10 will be released on 18 February 2010.
1Entities include companies and trusts with quoted equities (including individual entities that trade as stapled securities) and also other entities with debt securities only.
