Total Singapore Exchange securities market value was at SGD29.4 billion in January, up 53 per cent month-on-month (m-o-m) and up 40 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y), over 22 trading days. There were 20 trading days in December 2017 and 20 in January 2017.
Securities daily average value (SDAV) was SGD1.3 billion, up 39 per cent m-o-m and up 28 per cent y-o-y.
Market turnover value of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) meanwhile, was SGD253 million, up 27 per cent m-o-m and down 13 per cent y-o-y, while market turnover value of structured warrants and Daily Leveraged Certificates (DLCs) was SGD1.4 billion, up 61 per cent m-o-m and up 46 per cent y-o-y.
There were two new Catalist listings during the month, raising SGD32.2 million and 59 new bond listings, raising SGD25.1 billion.
Total market capitalisation value of 749 listed companies stood at SGD1.1 trillion as at end-January 2018.
Total Derivatives volume was 18.1 million, up 16 per cent month-on-month (m-o-m) and up 55 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y), while squity Index Futures volume was 14.5 million, up 15 per cent m-o-m and up 51 per cent y-o-y.
FTSE China A50 Index Futures remained the most active contract with volume of 7.7 million, up 20 per cent m-o-m and up 73 per cent y-o-y.
SGX Commodities Derivatives volume was 1.3 million, up 20 per cent month-on-month (m-o-m) and up 14 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y).
Iron Ore Derivatives volume was 1.1 million, up 14 per cent m-o-m and up 9 per cent y-o-y, while forward Freight Derivatives volume was 61,437, up 70 per cent m-o-m and up 101 per cent y-o-y, and the volume of SICOM Rubber Futures, the world’s price benchmark for physical rubber, was 144,708, up 43 per cent m-o-m and up 25 per cent y-o-y.
