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 November 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 – October 2012

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

Amanda J Harkness

Group General Counsel & Company Secretary

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MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT

5 November 2012

ASX Grou p Monthly Activity Report – O c tober 201 2

The value of ASX-listed s t ocks, as me a sured by the All Ordinarie s Index, rose 2 .9% in Octo b er 2012. Thi s performanc e was stronge r than other m ajor markets , including th e UK up 0.7%, Japan up 0. 7 %, German y up 0.6%, Si n gapore dow n 0.7% and th e US down 2. 0 %. Hong Kong was up 3. 8 %.

Volatility me a sures for the Australian equity market were below long-term avera g es during Oc t ober:

• Current volatility (as m easured by the average daily movem e nt in the All Ordinaries In d ex) was 0.4 % in October , consistent with the pr e vious month.

• Expected future volatility (as meas u red by the S & P/ASX 200 V IX) fell in Oc t ober to an av e rage of 12.9 (compared t o 13.7 in S eptember).

AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES EXCHANGE

Listings and capital raisings

• In Octo b er 2012 total capital raise d including s c rip-for-scrip t otalled $6.0 b illion, up 43 % on the $4. 2 billion in th e previou s correspondi n g period (pc p ).

Listings and Capital	Raisings		Oct 2012	Oct 2011	Oct 2012	Oct 2011	Oct 2011
			Month	Month	Financial	Financial
					YTD	YTD
New list ed entities ad mitted			6	7	20	37
Change on pcp			-14%		-46%
Total list ed entities (a t end of mon th)			2,184	2,227
Change on pcp			-2%
Initial ca pital raised	( $million)		81	111	1,405	2,096
Seconda ry capital ra ised ($million )			5,061	3,821	13,958	9,748
Other ca ($million pital raised )	i ncluding scr ip-for-scrip		879	290	1,538	2,059
Total ca pital raised in cluding othe r ($million)			6,021	4,222	16,901	13,903
Change on pcp			43%		22%

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

• In October 2012 the average daily number of trades was 14% lower than the pcp, and the average daily value of trading was 24% lower than the pcp.

• ASX, after consultation with ASIC, will not be proceeding with its plans to quote Unsponsored Depository Receipts on international stocks at this time.

Cash Markets	Oct 2012	Oct 2011	Oct 2012	Oct 2011
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Total trading days	23	21	88	87
(Cash market includes equity, warrant and interest rate market
transactions)
Cash market volume
Total trades	12,781,969	13,604,099	52,717,235	61,522,608
Change on pcp	-6%		-14%
Average daily trades	555,738	647,814	599,059	707,156
Change on pcp	-14%		-15%
Cash market value (including value of crossed
trades)
Total value ($billion)	82.647	99.452	335.930	467.595
Change on pcp	-17%		-28%
Average daily value ($billion)	3.593	4.736	3.817	5.375
Change on pcp	-24%		-29%
Average value per trade ($)	6,466	7,310	6,372	7,600
Change on pcp	-12%		-16%
Cash market behaviour statistics
Turnover crossed (%)	20%	23%	21%	24%
Off-market turnover crossed (%)	13%	9%	13%	11%
On-market turnover crossed (%)	7%	14%	8%	13%
Total value crossed ($billion)	16.780	23.222	69.889	112.394
Non-billable value (above cap) ($billion)	2.244	2.527	6.168	10.087
Total billable value ($billion)	80.403	96.925	329.762	457.508

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Trading – Financial derivatives markets

• In October 2012 average daily derivatives traded on ASX decreased 8% on the pcp with both single stock options and index options down.

• Average daily futures and options on futures volume on ASX 24 increased 17% on the pcp with both futures and options up.

Derivatives Markets Oct 2012 Month Oct 2011 Month	Oct 2012 Financial YTD	Oct 2011 Financial YTD
Derivatives total trading days 23 21 (Derivatives includes exchange-traded options, commodities, and index options and futures) Equity options volume Total contracts 12,160,549 12,030,316 Change on pcp 1% Average daily contracts 528,720 572,872 Index futures and options volume Total contracts 1,024,069 1,091,424 Change on pcp -6% Average daily contracts 44,525 51,973 Total derivatives volume Total contracts 13,184,618 13,121,740 Change on pcp - Average daily contracts 573,244 624,845 Change on pcp -8% Futures and options total trading days 23 21 (Futures and options includes interest rate, ASX SPI 200 and energy contracts) Futures volume Total contracts 8,121,501 6,437,972 Change on pcp 26% Average daily contracts 353,109 306,570 Options on futures volume Total contracts 338,306 171,096 Change on pcp 98% Average daily contracts 14,709 8,147 Total futures and options on futures volume Total contracts 8,459,807 6,609,068 Change on pcp 28% Average daily contracts 367,818 314,718 Change on pcp 17% Contracts for difference market Total trades 4,259 6,037 Total contracts traded 8,518,395 9,265,540 Notional value traded ($million) 97.2 245.8 Total open interest value (at end of month) ($million) 74.5 76.5	88 50,881,238 -13% 578,196 4,103,764 -15% 46,634 54,985,002 -13% 624,830 -14% 88 33,402,416 -8% 379,573 1,298,839 40% 14,760 34,701,255 -7% 394,332 -8% 24,556 34,530,117 497.9	87 58,186,833 668,814 4,841,878 55,654 63,028,711 724,468 87 36,442,390 418,878 930,713 10,698 37,373,103 429,576 33,161 61,178,825 1,170.7

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ASX CLEARING CORPORATION

Clearing

• Participant margin balances held on balance sheet averaged $3.5 billion in October 2012 ($2.7 billion pcp) with a month-end balance of $3.3 billion in October 2012 compared to $2.7 billion in October 2011.

ASX Clearing Corporation	Oct 2012	Oct 2011	Oct 2012	Oct 2011
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
Collateral Balances – At End of Month			YTD	YTD
Cash margins held on balance sheet:
- ASX Clear ($billion)	0.3	0.3
- ASX Clear (Futures) ($billion)	3.0	2.4
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	4.1
Total billable value cleared ($billion)	71.457	81.183	286.822	383.523

ASX SETTLEMENT CORPORATION

• The value of securities held in CHESS was 7% higher than the pcp and the number of dominant settlement messages was 2% higher than the pcp.

• The value of securities held in Austraclear was 6% higher than the pcp.

ASX Settlement	Oct 2012	Oct 2011	Oct 2012	Oct 2011
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Value of CHESS holdings – period end ($billion)	1,237.6	1,156.6
Dominant settlement messages (million)	1.3	1.3	5.1	6.0
Austraclear Settlement and Depository
Austraclear securities holdings – period end	1,363.2	1,282.5
($billion)

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

For further information:

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