Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX:S68) today reported its operating metrics for March 2016, with the results being in tune with the rest of the industry, as FX futures volumes declined from February 2016 levels. Total FX Futures volume for March 2016 was 476,080 contracts, down 14% month on month and up 89% year on year. The decline…
Read moreAbout a week after Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX:S68) announced the addition of Taiwan-based JihSun Futures Co., Ltd to its list of derivatives market trading members, the Exchange is welcoming Hong Kong-based broker, Quam Securities Company Limited, to its securities market as a trading member. The addition of Quam Securities takes the total number of Trading Members…
Read moreSingapore Exchange Limited (SGX:S68) today announced its plans to list contracts on the MSCI China Free Index. The new contracts will expand the suite of China-linked risk management products available on SGX, with specific relevance to global institutional investors in China equities. SGX’s China-linked offering already includes equity, FX and iron ore derivatives. On top…
Read moreSingapore Exchange Limited (SGX:S68) today reported its operating metrics for February 2016 , with Forex futures volumes continuing to rise albeit at a slower pace than during January 2016. In February 2016, the FX futures volume at SGX was 552,423 contracts, up 6% from January 2016 levels. The annual comparison was more impressive, as the…
Read moreSingapore Exchange Limited (SGX:S68) today announced that Hong Kong-based futures and options broker Wing Fung Futures Limited has become its latest derivatives market trading member. The admission of Wing Fung Futures Limited takes the total number of trading members in SGX’s derivatives market to 49. The derivatives market also has 24 clearing members. Also, SGX…
Read moreSingapore Exchange Limited (SGX:S68) today reported its operating metrics for January 2016, with Forex volumes staging steep increases in both monthly and annual terms, in the face of a month-on-month decline in yuan futures turnover. In January 2016, the FX futures volume at SGX was 522,933 contracts, up 23% from December 2015, when the volume…
Read moreSingapore Exchange (SGX) is changing the methodology used to determine whether a company share price meets the minimum trading price (MTP) requirement, following market feedback. The change comes after SGX’s extension last month to September 1st 2016 the date of the review of the volume weighted average price (VWAP) of shares of companies which consolidate…
Read moreSingapore Exchange (SGX) today reported net profit of $83.7 million ($86.6 million) for 2Q FY2016. Revenue was largely unchanged at $194.6 million ($195.1 million). Expenses increased $3.5 million or 4% to $97.1 million ($93.5 million). Earnings per share was 7.8 cents (8.1 cents), and the Board of Directors has declared an interim dividend of 5…
Read moreSingapore Exchange Limited (SGX:S68) today announced that it marked a record in USD/CNH futures trading in December 2015. The Exchange said that USD/CNH futures trading volume rose more than 50% month-on-month to a record 51,702 contracts traded (approximately US$5.1 billion in notional value traded) last month. In annual terms, the rise is even more pronounced,…
Read moreSingapore Exchange Limited (SGX:S68) and the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), part of CBOE Holdings, Inc (NASDAQ:CBOE), today officially launched “CBOE Options Institute at Singapore Exchange (SGX)”. Initially announced in July, “The CBOE Options Institute at SGX” forms part of Singapore Exchange's SGX Academy. Classes start today, December 9, 2015, led by Russell Rhoads, Director…
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