General Announcement::SGX s derivatives and commodities activities grow in May

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
03-Jun-2015 18:05:59
Status
New
Announcement Sub Title
SGX s derivatives and commodities activities grow in May
Announcement Reference
SG150603OTHRXJB5
Submitted By (Co./ Ind. Name)
Carolyn Lim
Designation
VP, Marketing & Comms
Description (Please provide a detailed description of the event in the box below)
Singapore Exchange (SGX) reported growth in derivatives and commodities activities in May from a year earlier but securities trading declined.

Securities
- Securities turnover was $23.0 billion, down 2% year on year and 13% month on month. Daily average value of trading was $1.1 billion, down 2% year on year and 9% month on month. May had 20 trading days while April had 21.
- Total market capitalisation was $1.05 trillion, up 3% from a year earlier and unchanged month on month.
- A total 38 bonds raising $14.6 billion were listed in May, including the $500 million retail bond from Frasers Centrepoint Limited. The biggest bond listed was Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia s US$2 billion trust certificate.

Derivatives
- Derivatives volume was 15.4 million contracts, up 89% from a year earlier but down 4% month on month. Equity index futures volume more than doubled year on year to 14.1 million contracts but was 4% lower from April.
- The FTSE China A50 futures was the most active contract, achieving record average daily volume of 450,899 contracts. Total volume for the contract more than tripled to 9 million contracts from a year earlier.
- The CNX Nifty futures achieved volume of 1.8 million contracts, up 2% year on year while the volume of the Nikkei 225 futures was 1.4 million contracts, down 6% year on year.
- The INR/USD futures was the most active among FX futures with record volume of 253,296 contracts.
Volume of cleared OTC Interest Rate Swaps was $4.0 billion, down 41% year-on-year and 70% month-on-month.

Commodities
- Volume of traded or cleared commodities totalled 581,476 contracts, more than double that of a year earlier but 10% lower month on month.
- Volume of iron ore derivatives more than doubled to 497,611 contracts from a year earlier but was 12% down from April.
- Volume of SICOM rubber futures, the world s price benchmark for physical rubber, doubled to 68,469 contracts year on year and grew 32% month on month.

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