General Announcement::News Release: SGX reports market statistics for February 2019

Issuer & Securities

Issuer/ Manager
SINGAPORE EXCHANGE LIMITED
Securities
SINGAPORE EXCHANGE LIMITED - SG1J26887955 - S68
Stapled Security
No

Announcement Details

Announcement Title
General Announcement
Date &Time of Broadcast
08-Mar-2019 17:11:46
Status
New
Announcement Sub Title
News Release: SGX reports market statistics for February 2019
Announcement Reference
SG190308OTHRZGNF
Submitted By (Co./ Ind. Name)
Jo-Ann
Designation
Senior Associate, Marketing & Communications
Description (Please provide a detailed description of the event in the box below)
- Securities daily average value rises to six-month high, with higher trading activity in IT and real estate sectors
- All-time record for Derivatives volume with 1.11 million lots daily

Securities

- Total Securities market turnover value was at S$19.1 billion, down 12% month-on-month (m-o-m) and down 42% year-on-year (y-o-y), over 18 trading days. There were 22 trading days in January 2019 and 19 in February 2018.
- Securities daily average value (SDAV) was S$1.06 billion, up 8% m-o-m and down 39% y-o-y.
- Market turnover value of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) was S$103 million, down 52% m-o-m and down 70% y-o-y.
- Market turnover value of structured warrants and Daily Leveraged Certificates (DLCs) was S$892 million, down 38% m-o-m and down 57% y-o-y.
- There was 1 Catalist listing during the month.
- There were 100 new bond listings, raising S$42.87 billion.
- Total market capitalisation value of 740 listed companies stood at S$970.84 billion as of end-February 2019.

Derivatives

- Total Derivatives volume was 18.2 million, down 2% month-on-month (m-o-m) and up 1% year-on-year (y-o-y).
- Equity Index Futures volume was 14.19 million, up 3% m-o-m and down 3% y-o-y.
- FTSE China A50 Index Futures volume was 8.62 million, up 15% m-o-m and up 21% y-o-y.
- SGX Nifty 50 Index Futures volume was 1.59 million, down 11% m-o-m and down 27% y-o-y.
- Nikkei 225 Index Futures volume was 1.43 million, down 12% m-o-m and down 39% y-o-y.
- MSCI Taiwan Index Futures volume was 1.41 million, down 22% m-o-m and down 21% y-o-y.
- MSCI Singapore Index Futures volume was 742,710, down 8% m-o-m and down 23% y-o-y.
- Total FX Futures volume was 1.6 million, down 14% m-o-m and up 37% y-o-y.
- SGX INR/USD Futures volume was 1 million, down 11% m-o-m and up 9% y-o-y.
- SGX USD/CNH Futures volume was 565,267, down 23% m-o-m and up 133% y-o-y.

Commodities

- SGX Commodities Derivatives volume was 1.44 million, down 30% month-on-month (m-o-m) and up 32% year-on-year (y-o-y).
- Iron Ore Derivatives volume was 1.18 million, down 33% m-o-m and up 26% y-o-y.
- Forward Freight Derivatives volume was 96,310, up 14% m-o-m and up 128% y-o-y.
- Volume of SICOM Rubber Futures, the world s price benchmark for physical rubber, was 153,171, down 15% m-o-m and up 40% y-o-y.

The full report can be found here.