General Announcement::News Release: SGX reports market statistics for January 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
12-Feb-2019 19:03:15
Status
New
Announcement Sub Title
News Release: SGX reports market statistics for January 2019
Announcement Reference
SG190212OTHRPLLB
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 18% m-o-m, as STI gains about 4% in January 2019
- Commodities Derivatives volume increases to highest since November 2016

Securities

- Total Securities market turnover value was at S$21.7 billion, up 29% month-on-month (m-o-m) and down 26% year-on-year (y-o-y), over 22 trading days. There were 20 trading days in December 2018 and 22 in January 2018.
- Securities daily average value (SDAV) was S$986 million, up 18% m-o-m and down 26% y-o-y.
- Market turnover value of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) was S$214 million, down 6% m-o-m and down 16% y-o-y.
- Market turnover value of structured warrants and Daily Leveraged Certificates (DLCs) was S$1.45 billion, up 46% m-o-m and unchanged y-o-y.
- There was 1 Catalist listing during the month, raising S$13.2 million.
- There were 54 new bond listings, raising S$25.49 billion.
- Total market capitalisation value of 742 listed companies stood at S$963.98 billion as of end-January 2019.

Derivatives

- Total Derivatives volume was 18.61 million, up 1% month-on-month (m-o-m) and up 3% year-on-year (y-o-y).
- Equity Index Futures volume was 13.77 million, down 4% m-o-m and down 5% y-o-y.
- FTSE China A50 Index Futures volume was 7.49 million, up 4% m-o-m and down 3% y-o-y.
- SGX Nifty 50 Index Futures volume was 1.80 million, up 16% m-o-m and down 10% y-o-y.
- Nikkei 225 Index Futures volume was 1.63 million, down 30% m-o-m and down 10% y-o-y.
- MSCI Taiwan Index Futures volume was 1.81 million, up 14% m-o-m and down 1% y-o-y.
- MSCI Singapore Index Futures volume was 803,054, up 5% m-o-m and down 14% y-o-y.
- Total FX Futures volume was 1.87 million, up 7% m-o-m and up 30% y-o-y.
- SGX INR/USD Futures volume was 1.13 million, up 6% m-o-m and unchanged y-o-y.
- SGX USD/CNH Futures volume was 730,303, up 12% m-o-m and up 146% y-o-y.

Commodities

- SGX Commodities Derivatives volume was 2.04 million, up 60% month-on-month (m-o-m) and up 52% year-on-year (y-o-y).
- Iron Ore Derivatives volume was 1.76 million, up 63% m-o-m and up 57% y-o-y.
- Forward Freight Derivatives volume was 84,381, up 87% m-o-m and up 37% y-o-y.
- Volume of SICOM Rubber Futures, the world s price benchmark for physical rubber, was 180,450, up 33% m-o-m and up 25% y-o-y.

The full report can be found here.

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