Attached is a copy of the ASX Group Monthly Activity Report for October 2026.
Key highlights are as follows:
- Total net new capital quoted was $2.5 billion, compared with $4.1 billion in the prior corresponding period (pcp)
- Total new capital quoted was $2.8 billion, compared to $9.4 billion in the pcp.
- 15 new entities were admitted during the month including Glencore PLC ($486.6 million) and Wiluna Mining Corporation Limited ($456.6 million), compared with 14 in the pcp.
- Total secondary capital raised was $1.8 billion including L1 Global Long Short Fund Limited ($565.5 million), compared with $5.7 billion in the pcp.
- Cash market average on-market daily value traded was $7.129 billion, down 1% on the pcp.
- Average daily futures and options on futures contracts increased by 27% on the pcp.
- OTC clearing activity decreased, with notional value cleared down 20% to $710.989 billion, compared to $891.803 billion in the pcp.
- Single stock options average daily contracts were down 12% against pcp; Index options average daily contracts were flat on pcp.
- Average collateral balances were $14.5 billion for the month of October 2026, compared to $12.5 billion for the month of October 2025.
