SGX commodities contracts up 33% in December

782 companies are listed on SGX Mainboard and Catalist with a combined market capitalisation of $902bln.

Singapore Exchange (SGX) on Wednesday said volumes in derivatives, commodities and OTC clearing have grown strongly from a year ago.

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

Securities Market
As at 31 December 2010, there were 782 companies listed on SGX Mainboard and Catalist, with a combined market capitalisation of $902 billion.

Securities market volume for December 2010 was at $28 billion with an SDAV of $1.2 billion, according to a SGX report.

Derivatives and Commodities Markets
Derivatives market volume was at 4.9 million contracts in the month of December, with an average daily volume of 223,448.

SGX S&P CNX Nifty Index futures achieved volume of 865,769 contracts, which is 33% higher year-on-year.

AsiaClear volume rose 50% year-on-year to 11,263 contracts, with open interest up 42% to 20,526.
Commodities volume continues to grow, at 189% year-on-year.