
Singapore Exchange derivatives volume up 2% in January 2011
Derivatives volume was 5.1 million contracts and the average daily volume was 260,233.
Accoring to Singapore Exchange, securities turnover totaled $37.2 billion with an SDAV of $1.8 billion. ETF trading more than doubled to $789 million year on year.
Nifty futures (SGX S&P CNX Nifty Index futures) achieved volume of 1.19 million contracts, up 42% from a year earlier, while FTSE China A50 Index futures volume was 62% higher at 214,648 contracts from December.
Total options volume was 115,486, more than six times that of a year earlier.
AsiaClear volume in January rose 42% year on year to 16,765 contracts, with OTC iron ore swaps volume up 57% at 4,441 contracts.