ASX LIMITED — Interim / Quarterly Report 2013

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ASX Limited ABN 98 008 624 691 Exchange Centre 20 Bridge Street Sydney NSW 2000 PO Box H224 Australia Square NSW 1215 Telephone +61 2 9227 0000 www.asx.com.au

5 December 2012

Australian Securities and Investments Commission ASX Market Announcements Office Mr Oliver Harvey ASX Limited Senior Executive Leader, Financial Market Infrastructure 20 Bridge Street Level 5, 100 Market Street SYDNEY NSW 2000 SYDNEY NSW 2000

ASX Group Monthly Activity Report – November 2012

Attached is a copy of the ASX Group Monthly Activity Report for November 2012.

Amanda J Harkness

Group General Counsel & Company Secretary

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MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT

5 December 2012

A SX Group Monthly A ctivity Report – No v ember 2012

The value of ASX-listed stocks, as mea s ured by the A ll Ordinaries Index, fell 0. 4 % in Novem b er 2012. Thi s performanc e was below rises in other m ajor market s , including J a pan up 5.8%, Germany u p 2.0%, Hong Kong up 1.8 % , the UK u p 1.5%, Singa p ore up 1.0% and the US u p 0.3%.

• Volatility me a sures for the Australian equity market were below long-term avera g es during No v ember:

• Current volatility (as m easured by t he average d aily moveme n t in the All Ordinaries Ind e x) was 0.5% in November , up on the previous m o nth (0.4%).

• Expected future vol a tility (as me a sured by th e S&P/ASX 2 00 VIX) ros e in Novem b er to an av e rage of 14. 2 (compa r ed to 12.9 in O ctober).

AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES EXCHANGE

Listings and capital raisings

• In Nove m ber 2012 to t al capital rais e d including s crip-for-scrip totalled $4.9 b illion, down 5 % on the $5. 2 billion in th e previou s correspondi n g period (p c p). Both init i al and seco n dary capital raised (excl u ding scrip-for-scrip) were , howeve r , higher than the pcp.

Listings and Capital	Raisings		Nov 2012	Nov 2011	Nov 2012	Nov 2011	Nov 2011
			Month	Month	Financial	Financial
					YTD	YTD
New list ed entities ad mitted			12	8	32	45
Change on pcp			50%		-29%
Total list ed entities (a t end of mon th)			2,189	2,227
Change on pcp			-2%
Initial ca pital raised	( $million)		1,934	939	3,339	3,035
Seconda ry capital ra ised ($million )			2,555	2,642	16,513	12,390
Other ca ($million pital raised )	i ncluding scr ip-for-scrip		406	1,590	1,944	3,649
Total ca pital raised in cluding othe r ($million)			4,895	5,171	21,796	19,074
Change on pcp			-5%		14%

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Trading – Cash markets (including equities, interest rates and warrants trades)

• In November 2012 the average daily number of trades was 7% lower than the pcp, and the average daily value of trading was 13% lower than the pcp.

Cash Markets	Nov 2012	Nov 2011	Nov 2012	Nov 2011
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Total trading days	22	22	110	109
(Cash market includes equity, warrant and interest rate market
transactions)
Cash market volume
Total trades	12,803,689	13,799,147	65,520,924	75,321,755
Change on pcp	-7%		-13%
Average daily trades	581,986	627,234	595,645	691,025
Change on pcp	-7%		-14%
Cash market value (including value of crossed
trades)
Total value ($billion)	84.694	97.893	420.624	565.488
Change on pcp	-13%		-26%
Average daily value ($billion)	3.850	4.450	3.824	5.188
Change on pcp	-13%		-26%
Average value per trade ($)	6,615	7,094	6,420	7,508
Change on pcp	-7%		-14%
Cash market behaviour statistics
Turnover crossed (%)	21%	24%	21%	24%
Off-market turnover crossed (%)	14%	11%	14%	11%
On-market turnover crossed (%)	7%	13%	7%	13%
Total value crossed ($billion)	17.584	23.963	87.473	136.357
Non-billable value (above cap) ($billion)	1.089	2.851	7.257	12.938
Total billable value ($billion)	83.605	95.042	413.367	552.550

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Trading – Financial derivatives markets

• In November 2012 average daily derivatives traded on ASX increased 2% on the pcp with both single stock options and index option volumes higher.

• Average daily futures and options on futures volume on ASX 24 increased 20% on the pcp with both futures and options volumes higher.

Derivatives Markets Nov 2012 Month Nov 2011 Month	Nov 2012 Financial YTD	Nov 2011 Financial YTD
Derivatives total trading days 22 22 (Derivatives includes exchange-traded options, commodities, and index options and futures) Equity options volume Total contracts 11,512,148 11,366,900 Change on pcp 1% Average daily contracts 523,279 516,677 Index futures and options volume Total contracts 1,048,730 993,863 Change on pcp 6% Average daily contracts 47,670 45,176 Total derivatives volume Total contracts 12,560,878 12,360,763 Change on pcp 2% Average daily contracts 570,949 561,853 Change on pcp 2% Futures and options total trading days 22 22 (Futures and options includes interest rate, ASX SPI 200 and energy contracts) Futures volume Total contracts 7,497,741 6,380,283 Change on pcp 18% Average daily contracts 340,806 290,013 Options on futures volume Total contracts 294,692 132,974 Change on pcp 122% Average daily contracts 13,395 6,044 Total futures and options on futures volume Total contracts 7,792,433 6,513,257 Change on pcp 20% Average daily contracts 354,202 296,057 Change on pcp 20% Contracts for difference market Total trades 3,933 6,809 Total contracts traded 8,690,812 10,048,121 Notional value traded ($million) 113.6 226.9 Total open interest value (at end of month) ($million) 68.0 88.5	110 62,393,386 -10% 567,213 5,152,494 -12% 46,841 67,545,880 -10% 614,053 -11% 110 40,900,157 -4% 371,820 1,593,531 50% 14,487 42,493,688 -3% 386,306 -4% 28,489 43,220,929 611.5	109 69,553,733 638,108 5,835,741 53,539 75,389,474 691,647 109 42,822,673 392,869 1,063,687 9,759 43,886,360 402,627 39,970 71,226,946 1,397.6

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ASX CLEARING CORPORATION

Clearing

• Participant margin balances held on balance sheet averaged $3.2 billion in November 2012 ($2.9 billion pcp) with a month-end balance of $3.0 billion in November 2012 compared to $2.9 billion in November 2011.

ASX Clearing Corporation	Nov 2012	Nov 2011	Nov 2012	Nov 2011
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
Collateral Balances – At End of Month			YTD	YTD
Cash margins held on balance sheet:
- ASX Clear ($billion)	0.2	0.3
- ASX Clear (Futures) ($billion)	2.8	2.6
Cash equivalents held on balance sheet – ASX Clear (Futures) ($billion)	0.0	0.0
Collateral cash cover held off balance sheet (equities and
guarantees) – ASX Clear ($billion)	4.0	4.0
Total billable value cleared ($billion)	73.012	79.948	359.834	463.471

ASX SETTLEMENT CORPORATION

• The value of securities held in CHESS was 11% higher than the pcp and the number of dominant settlement messages was 6% lower than the pcp.

• The value of securities held in Austraclear was 7% higher than the pcp.

ASX Settlement	Nov 2012	Nov 2011	Nov 2012	Nov 2011
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Value of CHESS holdings – period end ($billion)	1,236.6	1,112.7
Dominant settlement messages (million)	1.2	1.3	6.3	7.3
Austraclear Settlement and Depository
Austraclear securities holdings – period end	1,369.7	1,284.5
($billion)

A separate ASX Compliance activity report for November 2012 has also been released today.

For further information:

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