ASX capital raising up 29 cent in June
06 July 2018 Sydney
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The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) has released its June activity report, showing that total capital raised was AUD$4.6 billion, up 29 percent on the previous corresponding period (PCP) a year earlier.
The average daily number of trades was 2 percent higher than the PCP. The average daily value traded on-market of AUD$4.8 billion was down 1 percent on the PCP.
Volatility (as measured by the average daily movement in the All Ordinaries Index) was 0.4 percent in June up on the previous month (0.3 percent).
Expected future volatility in June was an average of 11.7 (compared to 12.0 in May).
Average daily futures and options on futures volumes were up 5 percent on the PCP.
Average daily futures volume was up 5 percent and average daily options volume was up 12 percent on the PCP.
The average daily number of exchange-traded options was down 11 percent on the PCP.
Single stock options average daily contracts traded were down 16 percent and index options average daily contracts traded were up 30 percent on the PCP.
The value of securities held in the automated share transfer and settlement system now scheduled for replacement by distributed ledger technology developed by Digital Asset, CHESS, was 15 percent higher than the PCP.
The number of dominant settlement messages in June 2018 was 9 percent higher than the PCP.
The value of securities held in Austraclear was 5 percent higher than the PCP.
The average daily number of trades was 2 percent higher than the PCP. The average daily value traded on-market of AUD$4.8 billion was down 1 percent on the PCP.
Volatility (as measured by the average daily movement in the All Ordinaries Index) was 0.4 percent in June up on the previous month (0.3 percent).
Expected future volatility in June was an average of 11.7 (compared to 12.0 in May).
Average daily futures and options on futures volumes were up 5 percent on the PCP.
Average daily futures volume was up 5 percent and average daily options volume was up 12 percent on the PCP.
The average daily number of exchange-traded options was down 11 percent on the PCP.
Single stock options average daily contracts traded were down 16 percent and index options average daily contracts traded were up 30 percent on the PCP.
The value of securities held in the automated share transfer and settlement system now scheduled for replacement by distributed ledger technology developed by Digital Asset, CHESS, was 15 percent higher than the PCP.
The number of dominant settlement messages in June 2018 was 9 percent higher than the PCP.
The value of securities held in Austraclear was 5 percent higher than the PCP.
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