SGX Securities Trading Highest In 17 Months

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today said its securities daily average value (SDAV) reached a 17-month high in October while the FTSE Xinhua A50 Futures and Nikkei 225 Index Options experienced renewed investor interest.

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

Securities Market

• The securities market was active with total market turnover at $45 billion for October, up 18% from September. October SDAV was $2.1 billion versus $1.8 billion in September, and the highest since May 2009.
• Exchange traded fund turnover doubled to $953 million from September.

Derivatives and Commodities Markets

• The derivatives market traded an average daily volume of 259,109, up 24% year on year.
• The FTSE Xinhua ChinaA50 Index futures set its second straight record-high monthly volume with143,061 contracts traded (approximately US$2.97 billion notional) and open interest of 21,102 contracts (approximately US$432 million notional). The contract drew global investors as it is the only offshore futures contract on the China A-share market.
• The Nikkei 225 Index Options achieved volume of 183,734 contracts in October, six times the level of September and 34 times the level of a year earlier.
• AsiaClear volume grew to 17,873 contracts in October from 7,399 a year earlier with significant growth in the number of energy swaps cleared.
• Futures open interest increased 25% year on year to 712,635.

New data added to the October trading statistics report include “SGX Statistics At A Glance” and the number of trades for securities and structured warrants.

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