Singapore, Jan 6, 2014 – (ACN Newswire) – Singapore Exchange (SGX) today said derivatives trading reached new highs in 2013. It also saw growth in clearing activities while securities trading declined.

For January to December 2013:

– Stock market capitalisation declined 0.6% to S$ 940 billion. On a total return basis, including dividends, the Straits Times Index was up 3.26%.
– Total equity fund-raising grew 40% to S$ 6.3 billion. There were 27 and 26 IPOs in 2013 and 2012 respectively.
– Total bond fund-raising decreased 4% to S$ 176 billion. There were 465 and 390 new bonds listed in 2013 and 2012 respectively.
– Securities daily average value (SDAV) increased 10% to S$ 1.4 billion.
– ETF turnover tripled to S$ 3.2 billion.
– Derivatives total volume and daily average volume (DDAV) increased 40% to 112 million and 459,362 contracts respectively.
– Volume of SGX AsiaClear commodities almost doubled to 660,372 contracts and volume of iron ore swaps, futures and options cleared more than doubled to 590,648 contracts.
– Trading in China A50 and India Nifty futures reached a record year volume of 21 million and 16 million contracts respectively. Volume of Nikkei 225 futures trading also hit a record year high of 39 million contracts.

For December 2013:

Securities

– Securities daily average value (SDAV) declined 20% to S$ 951 million year-on-year; securities turnover was down 16% to S$ 20 billion year-on-year.
– ETF turnover was down 56% year-on-year at S$ 199 million.
– There was one IPO raising S$ 62 million, 9 times higher than a year earlier.
– There were 39 new bond listings, raising S$ 6.1 billion, an increase of 9% year-on-year.

Derivatives

– Derivatives daily average volume (DDAV) increased 6% year-on-year to 426,582 contracts respectively. Derivatives total volume grew 12% to 8.9 million contracts.
– China A50 futures trading increased 23% to 2.1 million contracts year-on-year and Nikkei 225 futures volume was up 9% year-on-year at 2.9 million contracts. MSCI Taiwan futures activity increased 39% to 1.4 million contracts from a year earlier.
– Nifty futures trading increased 12% to 1.3 million contracts year-on-year. MSCI Indonesia Index futures more than doubled to 21,210 contracts.
– Total open interest for all our equity index, forex and interest-rate futures, and equity index options grew 20% to 3 million contracts at the end of December from a year earlier.

OTC Clearing

– Volume of new OTC financial derivatives transactions cleared was S$ 3.7 billion, up 61% year-on-year.
– Volume of OTC commodities cleared grew 77% year-on-year to 39,112 contracts.
– Volume of iron ore swaps cleared almost doubled to 36,130 contracts from a year earlier.

About Singapore Exchange (SGX)

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is the Asian Gateway, connecting investors in search of Asian growth to corporate issuers in search of global capital. SGX represents the premier access point for managing Asian capital and investment exposure, and is Asia’s most international exchange with more than 40% of companies listed on SGX originating outside of Singapore. SGX offers its clients the world’s biggest offshore market for Asian equity index futures, centred on Asia’s three largest economies – China, India and Japan.

In addition to offering a fully integrated value chain from trading and clearing, to settlement and depository services, SGX is also Asia’s pioneering central clearing house. Headquartered in Asia’s most globalised city, and centred within the AAA strength and stability of Singapore’s island nation, SGX is a peerless Asian counterparty for the clearing of financial and commodity products. For more information, please visitwww.sgx.com.

Contact:

Carolyn Lim Marketing & Communications Tel: +65 6236 8139 Email: carolyn.lim@sgx.com  Loh Wei Ling Marketing & Communications Tel: +65 6236 8157 Email: weiling.loh@sgx.com

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