OREANDA-NEWS. In July, Structured Warrant Turnover amounted to a record S$732 million with 74% of the turnover in Call Warrants and 26% of the turnover in Put Warrants. For the month turnover was up 75% from July 2015 and up 5% from June 2016.

The two most actively traded Structured Warrants were 23,800 and 22,400 Call Warrants on the Hang Seng Index. The 23,800 Call Warrant will expire on 29 December 2016 and the 22,400 Call Warrant will expire on 28 October 2016. If the Cash Settlement Amount is positive at expiry, all Warrants shall be deemed to have been automatically exercised at 12:00 noon (Singapore time) on the Expiry Date, so the investor does not have to do anything.

The Hang Seng Index gained 4.9% in SGD terms over July, ending the month at 21,891. This reduced the decline of the Hang Seng Index to -2.8% in SGD terms over the first seven months of 2016. The 30-Day Annualised Volatility for the Hang Seng Index remained consistent over the month, between 18% and 19%. The Hang Seng Index returns in July was similar to the gains of the trio of Hong Kong plays – Hong Kong Land, Hutchinson Port Holdings and Fortune REIT which averaged a 5.3% total return over the month.

A call (put) warrant gives the holder a right, but not the obligation, to buy from (sell to) the issuer the underlying asset at a predetermined price, also known as the exercise price, on or before the expiry date, depending on the exercise style of the warrant. July’s Structured Warrant Turnover amounted to S$732 million with 74% of the turnover in Call Warrants and 26% of the turnover in Put Warrants.

Turnover on Structured Warrants on individual stocks consisted of 82% Calls and 18% Puts compared to 60% Calls and 40% Puts on the STI.