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ASX sees continued growth


06 December 2018 Sydney
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

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The Australia Stock Exchange (ASX) revealed that total capital raised was $23.2 billion in November, up 215 percent from November last year.

The statistic was released as part of the ASX Group’s Monthly Activity Report.

In November, average daily futures and options on futures volumes were up 15 percent on the previous year.

Average daily futures volume was up 15 percent and average daily options volumes were up 5 percent from last year.

In November 2018, the average daily number of trades was 17 percent higher than last year.

The average daily value traded on-market of 4.7 billion was up 11 percent from 2017.

Volatility, which is measured by the average daily movement in the All Ordinaries Index, was 0.6 percent in November down on the previous month by 0.7 percent.

Expected future volatility in November was an average of 16.2 compared to 16.4 in October.

Single stock options average daily contracts traded were down 6 percent and index options average daily contracts traded were down 9 percent on last year.

The value of securities held in Clearing House Electronic Sub-register System was 2 percent lower than the previous year.
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