SGX derivatives volume increased 17% to 6.1 million contracts

Total securities trading turnover also rose 7% yoy to $28.1 billion in June.

In a release, Singapore Exchange said securities and derivatives trading increased in June from a year earlier.

Securities
Total turnover rose 8% year on year to $28.1 billion; securities daily average value was $1.3 billion.
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Exchange traded fund turnover increased 68% from a year earlier to $795 million.

Derivatives
ƒTotal volume increased 17% year on year to 6.1 million contracts; derivatives daily average volume was 281,252 contracts.
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China A50 futures trading rose 21% from May to 223,079 contracts while MSCI Taiwan futures volume was 25% up from a year earlier at 1.6 million contracts. Nifty futures volume was 48% higher from a year earlier at 1.3 million contracts.

Commodities and Clearing
ƒAgricultural commodity futures volume increased 48% year on year to 20,912 contracts following the consolidation of SICOM contracts onto the SGX platform.
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Volume of OTC commodity contracts cleared rose 12% from a year earlier to 11,226 contracts.
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Clearing of OTC Interest Rate Swaps continued to grow; a notional US$11.6 billion of IRS were cleared in June bringing cumulative amount cleared since launch to US$88.1 billion notional.