SGX derivatives volumes jumped 32% to 8.6m contracts

But securities turnover dropped.

In a release, Singapore Exchange (SGX) today said its derivatives volumes in August increased from a year earlier.

Total futures and options volume increased 32% year-on-year to 8.6 million contracts. Year-on-year, China A50 Index Futures volume more than doubled to 1.8 million contracts and MSCI Taiwan Index Futures trading was up 13% to 1.6 million contracts.

Nifty Index Futures volume was up 34% to 1.6 million contracts and reached a record daily average volume of 80,119 contracts.

Meanwhile, total securities turnover was S$27.3 billion, down 8% year on year. However securities daily average value (SDAV) was down 4% to S$1.4 billion due to one less trading day in August 2013 compared to a year earlier.

Catalist turnover increased nearly 5 times year-on-year to S$1.4 billion. Funds raised from bond listings decreased 52% year-on-year to S$5.5 billion. The biggest bond listed was a US$1 billion bond issue by Baidu.

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