ASX LIMITED — Interim / Quarterly Report 2018

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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 – JULY 2018

Attached is a copy of the ASX Group Monthly Activity Report for July 2018.

Daniel Csillag Company Secretary

20 Bridge Street Sydney NSW 2000 PO Box H224 Customer service 13 12 79 Australia Square NSW 1215 asx.com.au

ASX Limited ABN 98 008 624 691

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ASX Group Monthly Activity Report – July 2018

Listings and Capital Raisings

 In July 2018, total capital raised was $7.5 billion, up 51% on the previous corresponding period (pcp).

Listings and Capital Raisings	July	July
	2018	2017
	Month	Month
New listed entities admitted	16	12
De-listings	5	9
Total listed entities(at end of month)	2,296	2,242
Change onpcp	2%
Initial capital raised($million)	5,392	1,430
Change onpcp	277%
Secondarycapital raised($million)	1,815	3,145
Other capital raised includingscrip-for-scrip ($million)	301	393
-Total secondarycapital raised($million)	2,116	3,538
Change onpcp	-40%
Total capital raised including other($million)	7,508	4,968
Change onpcp	51%

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Trading – Cash Markets (including equities, interest rate and warrant trades)

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• In July 2018, the average daily number of trades was 5% higher than the pcp. The average daily value traded onmarket of $4.0 billion was down 1% on the pcp.

• Volatility (as measured by the average daily movement in the All Ordinaries Index) was 0.5% in July up on the previous month (0.4%).

• Expected future volatility (as measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX) in July was an average of 12.6 (compared to 11.7 in June).

Cash Markets	July	July
	2018	2017
	Month	Month
Total trading days	22	21
(Cash market includes equity,warrant and interest rate market transactions)
Cash market volume
Total trades	25,429,411	23,175,944
Change onpcp	10%
Average dailytrades	1,155,882	1,103,616
Change onpcp	5%
Cash market value
Open trading ($billion)	55.637	55.713
Auctions trading ($billion)	22.920	20.242
Centre Point($billion)	8.927	8.311
On-market value	87.484	84.266
Change onpcp	4%
Trade reporting*($billion)	15.040	11.999
Total cash market value($billion)	102.524	96.265
Change onpcp	7%
On-market average dailyvalue($billion)	3.977	4.013
Change onpcp	-1%
Total average dailyvalue($billion)	4.660	4.584
Change onpcp	2%
Average valueper trade($)	4,032	4,154
Change onpcp	-3%

*Trade reporting means the value of trades executed outside the order book of ASX that is subsequently reported to ASX for publication

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Trading – Futures

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• In July 2018, average daily futures and options on futures volumes were down 25% on the pcp. Average daily futures volume was down 24% and average daily options volume was down 37% on the pcp.

futures volume was down 24% and average daily options volume was	down 37% on the pcp.
Futures	July	July
	2018	2017
	Month	Month
Futures and options total trading days	22	21
(includes interest rate,ASX SPI 200,commodities and energycontracts)
Futures volume
Total contracts	9,543,984	12,062,303
Change onpcp	-21%
Average dailycontracts	433,817	574,395
Options on futures volume
Total contracts	77,017	116,373
Change onpcp	-34%
Average dailycontracts	3,501	5,542
Total futures and options on futures volume
Total contracts	9,621,001	12,178,676
Change onpcp	-21%
Average dailycontracts	437,318	579,937
Change onpcp	-25%

Volume of futures trading by individual contract is available at the following link: - http://www.asx.com.au/data/market reports/MonthlyFuturesMarketsReport180731.pdf

Clearing – OTC Markets

 In July 2018, the notional value of OTC interest rate derivative contracts centrally cleared was $380 billion, compared to $621 billion in the pcp.

OTC Markets	July	July
	2018	2017
	Month	Month
Total notional cleared value($billion)	379.644	621.131
Change onpcp	-39%
Open notional cleared value($billion) (at end of month)	3,778.925	3,244.181
Change onpcp	16%

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Trading – Equity Options

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• In July 2018, single stock options average daily contracts traded were down 27%. Index options average daily contracts traded were down 2% on the pcp.

contracts traded were down 2% on the pcp.
Equity Options	July	July
	2018	2017
	Month	Month
Exchange-traded options total trading days	22	21
(includes single stock equityoptions and index options)
Single stock equityoptions volume
Total contracts	5,317,032	6,974,098
Change onpcp	-24%
Average dailycontracts	241,683	332,100
Change onpcp	-27%
Index options volume
Total contracts	927,492	905,273
Change onpcp	2%
Average dailycontracts	42,159	43,108
Change onpcp	-2%

Clearing – Exchange-Traded Markets

 Participant margin balances held on balance sheet at month-end totalled $9.0 billion in July 2018 compared to $6.4 billion in July 2017.

ASX Clearing Corporation	July	July
	2018	2017
	Month	Month
Collateral Balances – At End of Month
Cash margins held on balance sheet:
- ASX Clear($billion)	0.5	0.6
- ASX Clear(Futures) ($billion)	8.1	5.6
Cash equivalents held on balance sheet – ASX Clear(Futures) ($billion)	0.4	0.2
Collateral cash cover held off balance sheet (equities and guarantees) – ASX	3.3	3.5
Clear($billion)
Total billable cash market value cleared($billion)	97.074	95.099

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Settlement

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• The value of securities held in CHESS was 16% higher than the pcp. The number of dominant settlement messages in July 2018 was 18% higher than the pcp.

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

ASX Settlement	July	July
	2018	2017
	Month	Month
Value of CHESS holdings –period end($billion)	2,096.5	1,805.5
Dominant settlement messages(million)	1.571	1.327
Austraclear Settlement and Depository
Austraclear securities holdings –period end($billion)	1,950.7	1,862.7

Listings Compliance Activity

Listing Compliance Activity	July	July
	2018	2017
	Month	Month
Total companyannouncements	10,110	9,559
Pricequeries byASX ¹	20	24
Other continuous disclosurequeries byASX ²	19	25
Aware letters sent byASX ³	7	10
Announcements made followingapricequery	11	15
Number of tradinghalts	135	122
Number of suspensions	35	41

Participants

• During the month of July Ketchum Trading LLC resigned as an ASX Futures participant.

ASX Market Participants4	July	July
	2018	2017
	Month	Month
New admissions	0	0
Resignations and removals	0	1
Market/Clearing/Settlement Participants at month end	121	121
ASX Futures Participants
New admissions	0	0
Resignations and removals	1	1
Trading/ClearingParticipants at month end	52	50

¹ Price queries are enquiries made by ASX (either by letter or phone) to a listed entity if it detects unusual movements in a listed entity’s security price or trading volumes to ask if the entity is aware of any information that has not been announced which, if known, might explain the movements.

² Other continuous disclosure queries are queries (other than price queries) raised by ASX with listed entities when ASX has concerns the entity may not be in compliance with its continuous disclosure obligations under Listings Rules 3.1, 3.1A and 3.1B. Examples include a query made following a media report or an announcement lodged with ASX.

³Aware letters are sent by ASX following an announcement by a listed entity and ask for details of when the listed entity became aware of the material information contained in the announcement.

⁴ Figures exclude Special Settlement Participants set up to effect a specific corporate action as their participation is only temporary.

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ASX Rule Changes, Waivers and Exemptions

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• Details of rule and guidance note changes can be accessed online at: http://www.asx.com.au/regulation/rules/recent-rule-amendments.htm

• Details of waivers and exemptions granted by ASX can be accessed online at: http://www.asx.com.au/regulation/rules-guidance-notes-and-waivers.htm

The weekly Australian Cash Market Report is available here: http://www.asx.com.au/services/tradingservices/australian-cash-market-report.htm

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