ASX LIMITED — Interim / Quarterly Report 2021

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7 October 2021

Australian Securities and Investments Commission Mr Nathan Bourne Senior Executive Leader, 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 – SEPTEMBER 2021

Attached is a copy of the ASX Group Monthly Activity Report for September 2021.

Release of market announcement authorised by: 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

Market Announcement

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ASX Group Monthly Activity Report – September 2021

Listings and Capital Raisings

 In September 2021, total capital raised was $10.7 billion, up 35% on the previous corresponding period (pcp).

Listings and Capital Raisings	September	September	September	September
	2021	2020	2021	2020
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
New listed entities admitted	31	9	74	22
De-listings	8	12	41	46
Total listed entities(at end of month)	2,261	2,164
Change onpcp	4%
Initial capital raised($million)	2,629	1,649	9,479	2,306
Change onpcp	59%		311%
Secondarycapital raised($million)	6,373	5,453	14,783	13,749
Other capital raised includingscrip-for-scrip ($million)	1,727	817	4,612	1,224
Total secondarycapital raised($million)	8,100	6,270	19,395	14,973
Change onpcp	29%		30%
Total capital raised including other($million)	10,729	7,919	28,874	17,279
Change onpcp	35%		67%

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

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• In September 2021, the average daily number of trades was up 13% on the pcp. The average daily value traded onmarket of $7.1 billion was up 14% on the pcp.

• Volatility (as measured by the average daily movement in the All Ordinaries Index) was 0.7% in September (compared to 1.1% in the pcp).

• Future volatility (as measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX) in September was an average of 12.0 (compared to 20.8 in the pcp).

Cash Markets	September	September	September	September
	2021	2020	2021	2020
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Total trading days	22	22	66	66
(Cash market includes equity, warrant and interest rate market
transactions)
Cash market volume
Total trades	39,044,804	34,409,738	107,970,864	99,630,774
Change onpcp	13%		8%
Average dailytrades	1,774,764	1,564,079	1,635,922	1,509,557
Change onpcp	13%		8%
Cash market value
Open trading ($billion)	100.924	92.488	275.579	275.825
Auctions trading ($billion)	42.609	33.609	106.890	88.000
Centre Point($billion)	11.610	9.548	31.600	26.732
On-market value	155.143	135.645	414.069	390.557
Change onpcp	14%		6%
Trade reporting*($billion)	23.385	21.770	63.296	56.817
Total cash market value($billion)	178.528	157.415	477.365	447.374
Change onpcp	13%		7%
On-market average dailyvalue($billion)	7.052	6.166	6.274	5.918
Change onpcp	14%		6%
Total average dailyvalue($billion)	8.115	7.155	7.233	6.778
Change onpcp	13%		7%
Average valueper trade($)	4,572	4,575	4,421	4,490
Change onpcp	0%		-2%
All Ordinaries Index(average dailymovement)	0.7%	1.1%
Change onpcp	-0.4%
S&P/ASX 200 VIX(average dailyvalue)	12.0	20.8
Change onpcp	-42%

*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 September 2021, average daily futures volume was down 16% and average daily options volume was down 80% on the pcp. Total average daily futures and options on futures volumes was down 16% on the pcp.

Futures	September	September	September	September
	2021	2020	2021	2020
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Futures and options total trading days	22	22	66	66
(includes interest rate, ASX SPI 200, commodities and energy
contracts)
Futures volume
Total contracts	15,267,353	18,168,847	33,135,064	36,645,248
Change onpcp	-16%		-10%
Average dailycontracts	693,971	825,857	502,046	555,231
Change onpcp	-16%		-10%
Options on futures volume
Total contracts	6,313	30,934	27,876	78,728
Change onpcp	-80%		-65%
Average dailycontracts	287	1,406	422	1,193
Change onpcp	-80%		-65%
Total futures and options on futures volume
Total contracts	15,273,666	18,199,781	33,162,940	36,723,976
Change onpcp	-16%		-10%
Average dailycontracts	694,258	827,263	502,469	556,424
Change onpcp	-16%		-10%

Volume of futures trading by individual contract is available at the following link: https://www2.asx.com.au/content/dam/asx/documents/unlinked-docs/finance-reports/2021/monthly-futures-markets-report-210930.pdf

Clearing – OTC Markets

• In September 2021, the notional value of OTC interest rate derivative contracts centrally cleared was $557.539 billion, compared to $802.910 billion in the pcp.

OTC Markets	September	September	September	September
	2021	2020	2021	2020
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Total notional cleared value($billion)	557.539	802.910	1,122.832	1,869.971
Change onpcp	-31%		-40%
Open notional cleared value ($billion)	3,343.201	4,917.111
(at end of month)
Change onpcp	-32%

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Trading – Equity Options

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• In September 2021, single stock options average daily contracts traded were up 10% and index options average daily contracts traded were down 15% on the pcp.

Equity Options	September	September	September	September
	2021	2020	2021	2020
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Exchange-traded options total trading days	22	22	66	66
(includes single stock equityoptions and index options)
Single stock equityoptions volume
Total contracts	5,428,685	4,936,472	14,689,587	14,665,136
Change onpcp	10%		0%
Average dailycontracts	246,758	224,385	222,570	222,199
Change onpcp	10%		0%
Index options volume
Total contracts	478,132	562,228	1,286,185	1,562,769
Change onpcp	-15%		-18%
Average dailycontracts	21,733	25,556	19,488	23,678
Change onpcp	-15%		-18%

Clearing – Exchange-Traded Markets

• Participant margin balances held on balance sheet at month-end totalled $12.3 billion in September 2021, compared to $13.2 billion in September 2020.

ASX Clearing Corporation	September	September	September	September
Collateral Balances – At End of Month	2021	2020	2021	2020
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Cash margins held on balance sheet:
- ASX Clear($billion)	1.0	1.3
- ASX Clear(Futures) ($billion)	10.9	11.0
Cash equivalents held on balance sheet – ASX Clear	0.4	0.9
(Futures) ($billion)
Total cash margins held on balance sheet	12.3	13.2
Change onpcp	-7%
Collateral cash cover held off balance sheet (equities	3.2	2.9
andguarantees)– ASX Clear($billion)
Change onpcp	10%
Total billable cash market value cleared($billion)	167.922	147.012	448.529	423.653
Change onpcp	14%		6%

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Settlement

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• The value of securities held in CHESS was 30% higher than the pcp. The number of dominant settlement messages in September 2021 was 3% lower than the pcp.

• The value of securities held in Austraclear was 7% higher than the pcp.

ASX Settlement	September	September	September	September
	2021	2020	2021	2020
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Value of CHESS holdings –period end($billion)	2,721.5	2,096.8
Change onpcp	30%
Dominant settlement messages(million)	2.013	2.073	5.739	5.760
Change onpcp	-3%		0%
Austraclear Settlement and Depository
Austraclear securities holdings –period end($billion)	2,723.5	2,542.8
Change onpcp	7%

Participants

• During the month of September there were no admissions or resignations.

ASX Market Participants1	September	September
	2021	2020
	Month	Month
New admissions	0	0
Resignations and removals	0	0
Market/Clearing/Settlement Participants at month end	105	110
ASX Futures Participants
New admissions	0	0
Resignations and removals	0	0
Trading/ClearingParticipants at month end	47	48

1 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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