OREANDA-NEWS. Singapore Exchange (SGX) reported growth in securities, derivatives and commodities activities in June.

For June 2015:

Securities

  • Traded value was $25 billion, up 20% year on year and up 8% month on month
  • Daily average value was$1.2 billion up 20% from a year earlier and up 8% from a month earlier.
  • ETF trading increased 30% from a year earlier to $237 million while trading of STI stocks accounted for 68% of total trading versus 51% a year earlier.
  • A total 37 bonds raising $12 billion were listed in June compared with 45 issues raising $21 billion a year earlier. Bharti Airtel and Global Logistic Properties (GLP) issued the largest bonds; both issues raised US$ 1 billion each.
  • One equity listing raising $11 million occurred in June versus $10 million raised in two listings a year earlier.

Derivatives

  • Volume was 22 million contracts, up 152% from a year earlier and 41% higher month-on-month.
  • Daily average volume was 1 million contracts, up 144% year-on-year and 31% higher month-on-month.
  • Equity index futures volume was up 172% year-on-year to 20 million contracts.
  • FTSE China A50 futures achieved volume of 14 million contracts, more than five times than a year earlier and 55% up month-on-month.
  • Nikkei 225 futures volume was 2.7 million contracts, 27% higher year-on-year and up 84% month-on-month.
  • CNX Nifty futures volume was 1.8 million contracts, 16% up from a year earlier and 1.5% lower from May.
  • FX futures volume was 303,437 contracts, up from 13,767 contracts a year earlier and up 13% from a month earlier. The most active contract was the INR/USD futures which had a volume of 286,959 contracts, up from 11,165 contracts a year earlier and 13% higher than a month earlier.
  • Volume of cleared OTC SGD Interest Rate Swaps quadrupled from a year earlier and doubled from May to $7.1 billion.

Commodities

  • Volume of SICOM rubber futures was 62,135 contracts up 53% year on year but down 9% month on month.
  • Volume of iron ore and steel derivatives more than doubled to 586,218 contracts from a year earlier.
  • Volume of forward freight derivatives was 24,030 contracts compared with 1,316 contracts a year earlier.

For the full year FY2015 (July 2014 to June 2015):

Securities

  • Turnover declined 4% to $274 billion; daily average value traded was 4% lower at $1.1 billion.
  • Trading of ETFs grew 20% to $2.8 billion.
  • The Straits Times Index gained 2% at 3,317.33 while total market capitalisation was steady at $1.01 trillion.

Derivatives

  • Total volume grew 55% to 161 million contracts, led by a 60% increase in equity index futures trading to 146 million contracts; daily average volume was 658,834 contracts, up 55%.
  • FTSE China A50 futures volume more than tripled to 78 million contracts while trading of Nikkei 225 futures fell 6% to 27 million contracts. Volume of CNX Nifty futures rose 20% to 21 million contracts.
  • FX futures volume totalled 2.1 million contracts versus 91,469 contracts a year earlier; INR/USD futures trading reached 1.9 million contracts from 69,573 contracts previously.
  • Total interest rate swaps cleared was $73 billion, up 14%.

Commodities

  • Volume of SICOM rubber futures, the world’s price benchmark for physical rubber, increased 54% to 606,604 contracts
  • Volume of iron ore and steel derivatives more than tripled to 4.8 million contracts.
  • Volume of forward freight derivatives more than quadrupled to 112,218 contracts.