SGX securities trading value gets 12% YoY boost in January
After a weak showing in 2014.
2014 was a year of low securities volumes, but 2015 began on good footing.
According to a report by SGX, average daily trading value was $1.2 billion, up 22% month-on-month and 12% year-on-year. Total trading value was $25 billion, up 17% from a month earlier and 12% year-on-year.
SGX also saw a 9% increase in the number of active clients in January. Bond listings totalled 26 raising $16 billion, double the amount a month before but down 35% a year earlier.