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 March 2013

Australian Securities and Investments Commission Mr Oliver Harvey Senior Executive Leader, Financial Market Infrastructure Level 5, 100 Market Street SYDNEY NSW 2000

ASX Market Announcements Office ASX Limited 20 Bridge Street SYDNEY NSW 2000

ASX Group Monthly Activity Report – February 2013

Attached is a copy of the ASX Group Monthly Activity Report for February 2013.

Amanda J Harkness

Group General Counsel & Company Secretary

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MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT

5 March 2013

ASX Group Monthly Activity Report – February 2013

The value of ASX-listed stocks, as measured by the All Ordinaries Index, rose 4.5% in February 2013. This performance was stronger than other major markets, including Japan up 3.8%, the UK up 1.3%, the US up 1.1%, Singapore down 0.4%, Germany down 0.4% and Hong Kong down 3.0%.

Volatility measures for the Australian equity market rose in February and approximated long-term averages:

• Current volatility (as measured by the average daily movement in the All Ordinaries Index) was 0.7% in February, up on the previous month (0.4%).

• Expected future volatility (as measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX) rose in February to an average of 14.5 (compared to 11.7 in January).

AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES EXCHANGE

Listings and capital raisings

• In February 2013 total capital raised including scrip-for-scrip totalled $1.2 billion, up 2% on the previous corresponding period (pcp).

Listings and Capital Raisings	Feb 2013	Feb 2012	Feb 2013	Feb 2012
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
New listed entities admitted	4	8	56	71
Change on pcp	-50%		-21%
Total listed entities (at end of month)	2,181	2,226
Change on pcp	-2%
Initial capital raised ($million)	46	25	4,145	6,791
Secondary capital raised ($million)	1,013	1,094	21,907	19,263
Other capital raised including scrip-for-scrip ($million)	165	86	3,025	4,404
Total secondary capital raised ($million)	1,178	1,180	24,932	23,667
Change on pcp	-		5%
Total capital raised including other ($million)	1,224	1,205	29,077	30,458
Change on pcp	2%		-5%

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

• In February 2013 the average daily number of trades was 18% higher than the pcp. The average daily value traded was 1% higher than the pcp.

Cash Markets	Feb 2013	Feb 2012	Feb 2013	Feb 2012
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Total trading days	20	21	170	170
(Cash market includes equity, warrant and interest rate market
transactions)
Cash market volume
Total trades	14,955,342	13,292,614	104,984,810	111,044,486
Change on pcp	13%		-5%
Average daily trades	747,767	632,982	617,558	653,203
Change on pcp	18%		-5%
Cash market value
Open trading ($billion)	59.628	61.611	402.782	502.050
Auctions trading ($billion)	11.928	11.290	91.954	96.822
Centre Point ($billion)	3.443	1.968	21.739	11.177
Trade reporting* ($billion)	21.660	25.905	141.613	206.124
Total value ($billion)	96.659	100.774	658.088	816.173
Change on pcp	-4%		-19%
Average daily value ($billion)	4.833	4.799	3.871	4.801
Change on pcp	1%		-19%
Average value per trade ($)	6,463	7,581	6,268	7,350
Change on pcp	-15%		-15%
Non-billable value (above cap) ($billion)	2.786	1.394	13.872	17.007
Total billable value ($billion)	93.873	99.380	644.216	799.166
*Trade reporting means the value of trades executed outside the
order books of ASX or Chi-X that are subsequently reported to
ASX for publication.

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Trading – Financial derivatives markets

• In February 2013 average daily derivatives traded on ASX increased 21% on the pcp with both single stock options and index option volumes higher.

• In February 2013 average daily futures and options on futures volume on ASX 24 increased 13% on the pcp with both futures and option volumes higher.

Derivatives Markets Feb 2013 Month Feb 2012 Month	Feb 2013 Financial YTD	Feb 2012 Financial YTD
Derivatives total trading days 20 21 (Derivatives includes exchange-traded options, commodities, and index options and futures) Equity options volume Total contracts 13,949,836 12,239,753 Change on pcp 14% Average daily contracts 697,492 582,845 Index futures and options volume Total contracts 1,074,715 816,731 Change on pcp 32% Average daily contracts 53,736 38,892 Total derivatives volume Total contracts 15,024,551 13,056,484 Change on pcp 15% Average daily contracts 751,228 621,737 Change on pcp 21% Futures and options total trading days 20 21 (Futures and options includes interest rate, ASX SPI 200 and energy contracts) Futures volume Total contracts 8,358,046 7,859,025 Change on pcp 6% Average daily contracts 417,902 374,239 Options on futures volume Total contracts 466,340 333,060 Change on pcp 40% Average daily contracts 23,317 15,860 Total futures and options on futures volume Total contracts 8,824,386 8,192,085 Change on pcp 8% Average daily contracts 441,219 390,099 Change on pcp 13% Contracts for difference market Total trades 5,891 6,132 Total contracts traded 11,693,042 10,975,247 Notional value traded ($million) 151.6 155.8 Total open interest value (at end of month) ($million) 67.6 58.8	170 99,043,245 -2% 582,607 8,247,127 1% 48,513 107,290,372 -1% 631,120 -1% 171 64,969,684 3% 379,940 2,486,226 53% 14,539 67,455,910 4% 394,479 4% 42,676 72,753,218 957.4	170 100,726,380 592,508 8,143,772 47,905 108,870,152 640,413 171 63,025,359 368,569 1,620,395 9,476 64,645,754 378,045 55,532 97,307,286 1,825.0

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ASX CLEARING CORPORATION

Clearing

• Participant margin balances held on balance sheet averaged $3.9 billion in February 2013 ($2.4 billion pcp) with a month-end balance of $3.9 billion in February 2013 compared to $2.3 billion in February 2012.

ASX Clearing Corporation	Feb 2013	Feb 2012	Feb 2013	Feb 2012
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
Collateral Balances – At End of Month			YTD	YTD
Cash margins held on balance sheet:
- ASX Clear ($billion)	0.4	0.2
- ASX Clear (Futures) ($billion)	3.5	2.1
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)	4.3	4.2
Total billable value cleared ($billion)	82.674	83.095	566.647	671.115

ASX SETTLEMENT CORPORATION

• The value of securities held in CHESS was 21% 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 5% higher than the pcp.

ASX Settlement	Feb 2013	Feb 2012	Feb 2013	Feb 2012
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Value of CHESS holdings – period end ($billion)	1,414.6	1,172.1
Dominant settlement messages (million)	1.3	1.3	10.0	10.8
Austraclear Settlement and Depository
Austraclear securities holdings – period end	1,383.9	1,312.7
($billion)

The weekly Australian Cash Market Report is available here: http://www.asx.com.au/trading_services/australian-cashmarket-report.htm

A separate ASX Compliance activity report for February 2013 has also been released today.

For further information:

Media Investor Relations Kristen Kaus Stephen Hammon Media and Communications Executive General Manager, Finance (BH) +61 2 9227 0410 (BH) +61 2 9227 0260 (M) 0421 380773 (M) 0488 212755 kristen.kaus@asx.com.au stephen.hammon@asx.com.au www.asxgroup.com.au/media-releases.htm www.asxgroup.com.au/investor-relations.htm

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