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 September 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 – August 2012

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

Amanda J Harkness

Group General Counsel & Company Secretary

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MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT

5 September 2012

ASX Group Monthly Activity Report – August 2012

The value of ASX-listed stocks, as measured by the All Ordinaries Index, rose 1.2% in August 2012. This performance was below rises in other major markets, including Germany up 2.9%, the US up 2.0%, Japan up 1.7% and the UK up 1.4%, and stronger than Singapore down 0.4% and Hong Kong down 1.6%.

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 August, down on the previous month (0.6%).

• Expected future volatility (as measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX) fell in August to an average of 15.7 (compared to 16.6 in July).

AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES EXCHANGE

Listings and capital raisings

• In August 2012 total capital raised including scrip-for-scrip totalled $3.3 billion, up 10% on the $3.0 billion in the previous corresponding period (pcp).

Listings and Capital Raisings	Aug 2012	Aug 2011	Aug 2012	Aug 2011
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
New listed entities admitted	3	12	8	22
Change on pcp	-75%		-64%
Total listed entities (at end of month)	2,192	2,225
Change on pcp	-1%
Initial capital raised ($million)	540	1,513	745	1,601
Secondary capital raised ($million)	2,660	1,130	6,371	4,166
Other capital raised including scrip-for-scrip ($million)	94	339	351	1,114
Total capital raised including other ($million)	3,294	2,982	7,467	6,881
Change on pcp	10%		9%

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

• In August 2012 the total number of trades was 26% lower than the pcp, and the total value of trading was 38% lower than the pcp.

Cash Markets Aug 2012 Month Aug 2011 Month	Aug 2012 Financial YTD Aug 2011 Financial YTD
Total trading days 23 23 (Cash market includes equity, warrant and interest rate market transactions) Cash market volume Total trades 14,551,760 19,654,456 Change on pcp -26% Average daily trades 632,685 854,542 Change on pcp -26% Cash market value (including value of crossed trades) Total value ($billion) 90.750 147.507 Change on pcp -38% Average daily value ($billion) 3.946 6.413 Change on pcp -38% Average value per trade ($) 6,236 7,505 Change on pcp -17% Cash market behaviour statistics Turnover crossed (%) 20% 24% Off-market turnover crossed (%) 12% 12% On-market turnover crossed (%) 8% 12% Total value crossed ($billion) 18.177 35.040 Non-billable value (above cap) ($billion) 1.078 2.472 Total billable value ($billion) 89.672 145.035	45 44 26,883,862 31,462,161 -15% 597,419 715,049 -16% 167.478 248.911 -33% 3.722 5.657 -34% 6,230 7,911 -21% 20% 24% 12% 12% 8% 12% 33.476 59.838 1.961 4.685 165.517 244.226

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Trading – Financial derivatives markets

• In August 2012 total derivatives traded on ASX decreased 30% on the pcp.

• Total futures and options on futures volume on ASX 24 decreased 27% on the pcp.

Derivatives Markets		Aug 2012	Aug 2011	Aug 2012	Aug 2011
		Month	Month	Financial YTD	Financial YTD
Derivatives total trading days		23	23	45	44
(Derivatives includes exchange-traded	options,
commodities, and index options and futures)
Equity options volume
Total contracts		13,694,830	19,597,288	27,079,095	32,078,453
Change on pcp		-30%		-16%
Average daily contracts		595,427	852,056	601,758	729,056
Index futures and options volume
Total contracts		1,040,299	1,573,812	2,146,525	2,637,907
Change on pcp		-34%		-19%
Average daily contracts		45,230	68,427	47,701	59,952
Total derivatives volume
Total contracts		14,735,129	21,171,100	29,225,620	34,716,360
Change on pcp		-30%		-16%
Average daily contracts		640,658	920,483	649,458	789,008
Change on pcp		-30%		-18%
Futures and options total trading days		23	23	45	44
(Futures and options includes interest rate, ASX SPI 200
and energy contracts)
Futures volume
Total contracts		7,680,611	10,729,348	14,694,109	20,252,736
Change on pcp		-28%		-27%
Average daily contracts		333,940	466,493	326,536	460,289
Options on futures volume
Total contracts		315,285	176,736	609,593	609,956
Change on pcp		78%		-
Average daily contracts		13,708	7,684	13,547	13,863
Total futures and options on futures volume
Total contracts		7,995,896	10,906,084	15,303,702	20,862,692
Change on pcp		-27%		-27%
Average daily contracts		347,648	474,178	340,082	474,152
Change on pcp		-27%		-28%
Contracts for difference market
Total trades		6,797	12,625	15,705	18,321
Total contracts traded		9,920,537	25,376,443	17,441,336	39,886,460
Notional value traded ($million)		128.1	432.4	300.6	633.9
Total open interest value (at end of	month)
($million)		65.4	73.6

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ASX CLEARING CORPORATION

Clearing

• Participant margin balances held on balance sheet averaged $3.2 billion in August 2012 ($2.8 billion pcp) with a month end balance of $3.3 billion in August 2012 compared to $3.1 billion in August 2011.

ASX Clearing Corporation Collateral Balances – At End of Month	Aug 2012 Month Aug 2011 Month Aug 2012 Financial YTD Aug 2011 Financial YTD
	0.3 0.5 3.0 2.6 0.0 0.0 3.9 4.0 77.787 122.297 143.796 205.127
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 3% higher than the pcp and the number of dominant settlement messages was 28% lower than the pcp.

ASX Settlement	Aug 2012 Month Aug 2011 Month Aug 2012 Financial YTD Aug 2011 Financial YTD
	1,174.9 1,145.7 1.3 1.9 2.5 3.2
Value of CHESS holdings – period end ($billion)
Dominant settlement messages (million)
Austraclear Settlement and Depository
	1,357.8 1,262.0
Austraclear securities holdings – period end
($billion)

A separate ASX Compliance activity report for August 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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