Singapore Exchange improves monthly market statistics report

MARKETS & INVESTING | Singapore Exchange improves monthly market statistics report

SGX intensifies service by consolidating and providing additional information on various financial markets.

To promote greater transparency and ease of access to key market data, Singapore Exchange (“SGX”) has enhanced its monthly market statistics report by consolidating and providing additional information.

Key monthly highlights in the January 2010 report:

Securities trading value jumped to some $38 billion in January 2010, from $26 billion in December 2009.
Securities trading value of China listings was nearly $6 billion in January 2010, from $3.8 billion in December 2009.
Derivatives turnover of the SGX S&P CNX Nifty Index Futures jumped 28.5% and
MSCI Taiwan Index Futures increased 16.6% between December 2009 and January 2010.

Other market statistics available on a monthly basis include securities market, number of listed counters, total turnover, and total market capitalisation of STI Constituent Stocks and Top 15 Companies. 

The company also includes data from derivatives market such as market turnover and open interest of futures and options, as well as market turnover and open interest of SICOM and SGX AsiaClear products.