The traded volume of equity index futures on the SGX rose 20 per cent from a month ago to 14.5 million contracts in June, the highest in three months. This was led by a 54-per-cent increase in the traded volume of the Nikkei 225 Index Futures to 2.23 million contracts.
The total volume of FX futures traded on the exchange rose 10 per cent month-on-month to 2.19 million contracts in June, the highest in three months. The Singapore Commodity Exchange rubber futures, the world’s pricing bellwether for natural rubber, increased 7 per cent on the month to 129,420 contracts. Its high-grade iron-ore futures rose to a record monthly trading volume of 55,960 contracts, with overall open interest in iron-ore contracts climbing 6 per cent in June to an average of 1.84 million contracts.
In June, the exchange announced its acquisition of the remaining 80 per cent stake in cloud-based FX trading platform BidFX, which it said would expand its reach into the global over-the-counter market. The exchange also aims to bring together FX futures with OTC markets.
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