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

4 October 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 – September 2012

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

Amanda J Harkness

Group General Counsel & Company Secretary

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MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT

4 October 2012

ASX Group Monthly Activity Report – September 2012

The value of ASX-listed stocks, as measured by the All Ordinaries Index, rose 1.6% in September 2012. This performance was below rises in other major markets, including Hong Kong up 7.0%, Germany up 3.5%, and the US up 2.4%, and stronger than Singapore up 1.2%, the UK up 0.5% and Japan up 0.3%.

Volatility measures for the Australian equity market were below long-term averages during August:

• Current volatility (as measured by the average daily movement in the All Ordinaries Index) was 0.4% in September, consistent with the previous month.

• Expected future volatility (as measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX) fell in September to an average of 13.7 (compared to 15.7 in August).

AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES EXCHANGE

Listings and capital raisings

• In September 2012 total capital raised including scrip-for-scrip totalled $3.4 billion, up 22% on the $2.8 billion in the previous corresponding period (pcp).

Listings and Capital Raisings	Sep 2012	Sep 2011	Sep 2012	Sep 2011
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
New listed entities admitted	6	8	14	30
Change on pcp	-25%		-53%
Total listed entities (at end of month)	2,191	2,229
Change on pcp	-2%
Initial capital raised ($million)	579	384	1,324	1,985
Secondary capital raised ($million)	2,526	1,761	8,897	5,927
Other capital raised including scrip-for-scrip ($million)	308	655	659	1,769
Total capital raised including other ($million)	3,413	2,800	10,880	9,681
Change on pcp	22%		12%

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

• In September 2012 the average daily number of trades was 13% lower than the pcp, and the average daily value of trading was 21% lower than the pcp.

Cash Markets Sep 2012 Month Sep 2011 Month	Sep 2012 Financial YTD Sep 2011 Financial YTD
Total trading days 20 22 (Cash market includes equity, warrant and interest rate market transactions) Cash market volume Total trades 13,051,404 16,456,348 Change on pcp -21% Average daily trades 652,570 748,016 Change on pcp -13% Cash market value (including value of crossed trades) Total value ($billion) 85.805 119.232 Change on pcp -28% Average daily value ($billion) 4.290 5.420 Change on pcp -21% Average value per trade ($) 6,574 7,245 Change on pcp -9% Cash market behaviour statistics Turnover crossed (%) 23% 25% Off-market turnover crossed (%) 16% 13% On-market turnover crossed (%) 7% 12% Total value crossed ($billion) 19.633 29.334 Non-billable value (above cap) ($billion) 1.963 2.875 Total billable value ($billion) 83.842 116.357	65 66 39,935,266 47,918,509 -17% 614,389 726,038 -15% 253.283 368.143 -31% 3.897 5.578 -30% 6,342 7,683 -17% 21% 24% 13% 12% 8% 12% 53.109 89.172 3.924 7.560 249.359 360.583

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Trading – Financial derivatives markets

• In September 2012 average daily derivatives traded on ASX decreased 9% on the pcp.

• Average daily futures and options on futures volume on ASX 24 increased 22% on the pcp.

Derivatives Markets		Sep 2012	Sep 2011	Sep 2012	Sep 2011
		Month	Month	Financial YTD	Financial YTD
Derivatives total trading days		20	22	65	66
(Derivatives includes exchange-traded	options,
commodities, and index options and futures)
Equity options volume
Total contracts		11,641,594	14,078,064	38,720,689	46,156,517
Change on pcp		-17%		-16%
Average daily contracts		582,080	639,912	595,703	699,341
Index futures and options volume
Total contracts		933,170	1,112,547	3,079,695	3,750,454
Change on pcp		-16%		-18%
Average daily contracts		46,659	50,570	47,380	56,825
Total derivatives volume
Total contracts		12,574,764	15,190,611	41,800,384	49,906,971
Change on pcp		-17%		-16%
Average daily contracts		628,738	690,482	643,083	756,166
Change on pcp		-9%		-15%
Futures and options total trading days		20	22	65	66
(Futures and options includes interest rate, ASX SPI 200
and energy contracts)
Futures volume
Total contracts		10,586,806	9,751,682	25,280,915	30,004,418
Change on pcp		9%		-16%
Average daily contracts		529,340	443,258	388,937	454,612
Options on futures volume
Total contracts		350,940	149,661	960,533	759,617
Change on pcp		134%		26%
Average daily contracts		17,547	6,803	14,777	11,509
Total futures and options on futures volume
Total contracts		10,937,746	9,901,343	26,241,448	30,764,035
Change on pcp		10%		-15%
Average daily contracts		546,887	450,061	403,715	466,122
Change on pcp		22%		-13%
Contracts for difference market
Total trades		4,592	8,803	20,297	27,124
Total contracts traded		8,570,386	12,026,825	26,011,722	51,913,285
Notional value traded ($million)		100.1	291.0	400.7	924.9
Total open interest value (at end of	month)
($million)		62.0	73.6

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ASX CLEARING CORPORATION

Clearing

• Participant margin balances held on balance sheet averaged $3.5 billion in September 2012 ($2.9 billion pcp) with a month-end balance of $3.4 billion in September 2012 compared to $2.8 billion in September 2011.

ASX Clearing Corporation Collateral Balances – At End of Month	Sep 2012 Month Sep 2011 Month Sep 2012 Financial YTD Sep 2011 Financial YTD
	0.3 0.4 3.1 2.2 0.0 0.2 3.9 3.9 71.569 97.213 215.365 302.340
Cash margins held on balance sheet:
- ASX Clear ($billion)
- ASX Clear (Futures) ($billion)
Cash equivalents held on balance sheet – ASX Clear (Futures) ($billion) Collateral cash cover held off balance sheet (equities and guarantees) – ASX Clear ($billion)
Total billable value cleared ($billion)

ASX SETTLEMENT CORPORATION

• The value of securities held in CHESS was 12% higher than the pcp and the number of dominant settlement messages was 16% lower than the pcp.

ASX Settlement	Sep 2012 Month Sep 2011 Month Sep 2012 Financial YTD Sep 2011 Financial YTD
	1,203.2 1,077.7 1.3 1.5 3.8 4.7
Value of CHESS holdings – period end ($billion)
Dominant settlement messages (million)
Austraclear Settlement and Depository
	1,361.5 1,271.7
Austraclear securities holdings – period end
($billion)

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

For further information:

Media Kristen Kaus Media and Communications Executive (BH) +61 2 9227 0410 (M) 0421 380773 kristen.kaus@asx.com.au www.asxgroup.com.au/media-releases.htm

Investor Relations

Stephen Hammon General Manager, Finance (BH) +61 2 9227 0260 (M) 0488 212755 stephen.hammon@asx.com.au www.asxgroup.com.au/investor-relations.htm

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