Singapore Exchange (SGX) said securities and derivatives trading volumes grew strongly in August from a year ago.
Securities
- Turnover increased 31% year on year to $41.4 billion; securities daily average value was $1.97
billion. - Exchange traded fund turnover more than doubled from a year earlier, increasing by 156% to
$1.18 billion. - Structured warrants volume increased by 189%, more than doubled year-on-year to 5.2 million
units.
Derivatives
- Total volume increased 53% year on year to 8.1 million contracts; derivatives daily average
volume was 360,282 contracts. - China A50 futures trading rose 31% from July to 301,133 contracts while MSCI Taiwan futures
volume was 49% up from a year earlier to more than 2 million contracts. Nifty futures volume was
80% higher from a year earlier at 1.48 million contracts.
Commodities and Clearing
- Volume of OTC commodity contracts cleared rose 29% from a year earlier to 21,884 contracts.
- Volume of Iron Ore Swaps cleared hit a new record high of 8,564 contracts, more than double
from a year earlier. - Clearing of OTC Interest Rate Swaps continued to grow with a notional $22 billion cleared in
August bringing the cumulative amount cleared since launch to $164 billion notional.
