5 April 2010 - Singapore Exchange (SGX) today reported strong trading growth in its securities and commodities markets in March 2010.  

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

Securities Market

• Total securities trading value was up 48% year-on-year to $30.4 billion, reflecting the return of investors’ confidence and interests.
• Securities trading value on Catalist was $378 million, 9 times higher year-on-year.

Derivatives and Commodities Markets

• Overall volume dipped 2% due to muted volatility in the market.  However, trading of equity index options more than doubled to 28,699 contracts year-on-year.
• Trading in SICOM rose 54% to 36,701 contracts year-on-year, signaling the increasing interest in commodities.  SICOM Gold Contract made its successful debut on 30 March 2010 with 17,060 lots traded in the first two days of trading.

Additional enhancements to the SGX monthly statistics report for March include data on securities market turnover velocity and IPO fund-raising.

More improvements to the monthly statistics report will continue in the months ahead to meet the needs of users.