REPL::General Announcement::SGX Securities, Derivatives and Commodities activities saw continued growth in August

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: 07-Sep-2015 18:46:20
Status: Replacement
Announcement Sub Title: SGX Securities, Derivatives and Commodities activities saw continued growth in August
Announcement Reference: SG150907OTHRRP8Z
Submitted By (Co./ Ind. Name): Patricia Choo
Designation: Head of Media Comms
Effective Date and Time of the event: 07/09/2015 00:30:00
Description (Please provide a detailed description of the event in the box below): *Under Commodities, it should be "SGX AsiaClear futures volume fell 22% month on month but increased 285% over the year to 535,438 contracts". This replaces the earlier version.

Singapore Exchange (SGX) reported an increase in Securities, Derivatives and Commodities activities in August from a year earlier

Securities
Total turnover was $28.1 billion, up 16% month on month and 34% year on year, despite fewer trading days in August 2015 as compared to July 2015 and August 2014 (Number of trading days in August 2015: 19, July 2015: 22 & August 2014: 21).
Daily average traded value was $1.5 billion, up 35% month on month and 49% year on year.
ETF trading was $307 million, up 20% month on month and 40% year on year.
Trading of STI stocks represented 74% of total trading value, compared to 66% in July 2015 and 57% in August 2014.
There were 23 new bonds listed in August, raising $7.4 billion, with foreign issuers accounting for 74% of the bond listings.
There were 2 new listings in August on Catalist, raising $40 million, bringing the total number of listed companies on Catalist to 164 and total market capitalisation of $8.9 billion. Year to date, $168 million has been raised from new listings on Catalist.
Total market capitalisation value of 771 listed companies stood at $899 billion for August 2015.

Derivatives
Derivatives volume of 17.0 million contracts was down 21% month on month, up 82% year on year.
Volume of Equity index futures was 15.3 million contracts, down 23% from July, up 76% year on year.
FTSE China A50 Index futures remained the most active contract with volume of 8.4 million, down 40% month on month, up 127% year on year.
FX futures volume surged to 515,567 contracts from 51,721 contracts a year earlier. Volume was 46% higher than in July 2015.
Underpinning this strong growth was the increase in SGX INR/USD futures, with volume up 43% from July at a new peak of 469,633 contracts. This compared with 48,570 contracts a year earlier.
Volume of cleared OTC SGD Interest Rate Swaps was $6.5 billion, down 54% month on month, up 54% year on year.

Commodities
SGX AsiaClear futures volume fell 22% month on month but increased 285% over the year to 535,438 contracts.
Iron ore derivatives volume rose 266% year on year to 652,981 contracts, 25% lower compared to last month.
Volume of freight derivatives fell 10% month on month to 28,164 contracts; in contrast, only 15 such contracts were recorded a year earlier.
Volume of SICOM rubber futures, the world s price benchmark for physical rubber, was up 9% month on month and 95% year on year at 60,047 contracts.

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Attachments

SGX Monthly Market Statistics Report - Aug 2015.pdf

20150806_Aug_monthly_stats_news_release_final2.pdf

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