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ASX LIMITED Interim / Quarterly Report 2021

Jul 5, 2021

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6 July 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 – JUNE 2021

Attached is a copy of the ASX Group Monthly Activity Report for June 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 – June 2021

Listings and Capital Raisings

 In June 2021, total capital raised was $16.1 billion, down 38% on the previous corresponding period (pcp).

Listings and Capital Raisings June June June June
2021 2020 2021 2020
Month Month Financial Financial
YTD YTD
New listed entities admitted 24 3 176 83
De-listings 5 10 136 164
Total listed entities(at end of month) 2,228 2,188
Change onpcp 2%
Initial capital raised($million) 12,577 16,536 40,574 26,964
Change onpcp -24% 50%
Secondarycapital raised($million) 2,805 9,072 50,561 65,033
Other capital raised includingscrip-for-scrip ($million) 691 349 11,359 5,193
Total secondarycapital raised($million) 3,496 9,421 61,920 70,226
Change onpcp -63% -12%
Total capital raised including other($million) 16,073 25,957 102,494 97,190
Change onpcp -38% 5%

Market Announcement 1/6

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

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  • In June 2021, the average daily number of trades was down 16% on the pcp. The average daily value traded onmarket of $5.7 billion was down 27% on the pcp.

  • Volatility (as measured by the average daily movement in the All Ordinaries Index) was 0.5% in June (compared to 1.3% in the pcp).

  • Expected future volatility (as measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX) in June was an average of 12.1 (compared to 22.2 in the pcp).

Cash Markets June June
June

June
2021 2020 2021 2020
Month Month Financial Financial
YTD YTD
Total trading days 21 21 254 255
(Cash market includes equity, warrant and interest rate market
transactions)
Cash market volume
Total trades 31,423,160 37,520,966 384,149,640 460,788,797
Change onpcp -16% -17%
Average dailytrades 1,496,341 1,786,713 1,512,400 1,807,015
Change onpcp -16% -16%
Cash market value
Open trading ($billion) 76.836 110.775 994.431 995.319
Auctions trading ($billion) 33.433 41.623 363.198 409.876
Centre Point($billion) 8.626 10.167 106.134 120.436
On-market value 118.895 162.565 1,463.763 1,525.631
Change onpcp -27% -4%
Trade reporting*($billion) 19.386 19.662 217.171 266.053
Total cash market value($billion) 138.281 182.227 1,680.934 1,791.684
Change onpcp -24% -6%
On-market average dailyvalue($billion) 5.662 7.741 5.763 5.983
Change onpcp -27% -4%
Total average dailyvalue($billion) 6.585 8.678 6.618 7.026
Change onpcp -24% -6%
Average valueper trade($) 4,401 4,857 4,376 3,888
Change onpcp -9% 13%
All Ordinaries Index(average dailymovement) 0.5% 1.3%
Change onpcp -0.8%
S&P/ASX 200 VIX(average dailyvalue) 12.1 22.2
Change onpcp -45%

*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 June 2021, average daily futures volume was up 3% and average daily options volume was down 11% on the pcp. Total average daily futures and options on futures volumes was up 3% on the pcp.
Futures June June
June

June
2021 2020 2021 2020
Month Month Financial Financial
YTD YTD
Futures and options total trading days 22 22 256 257
(includes interest rate, ASX SPI 200, commodities and energy
contracts)
Futures volume
Total contracts 16,080,496 15,646,753 143,565,175 168,115,349
Change onpcp 3% -15%
Average dailycontracts 730,932 711,216 560,801 654,145
Change onpcp 3% -14%
Options on futures volume
Total contracts 19,296 21,690 235,124 1,124,722
Change onpcp -11% -79%
Average dailycontracts 877 986 918 4,376
Change onpcp -11% -79%
Total futures and options on futures volume
Total contracts 16,099,792 15,668,443 143,800,299 169,240,071
Change onpcp 3% -15%
Average dailycontracts 731,809 712,202 561,720 658,522
Change onpcp 3% -15%

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-210630.pdf

Clearing – OTC Markets

 In June 2021, the notional value of OTC interest rate derivative contracts centrally cleared was $354.602 billion, compared to $426.428 billion in the pcp.

OTC Markets June June June June
2021 2020 2021 2020
Month Month Financial Financial
YTD YTD
Total notional cleared value($billion) 354.602 426.428 5,200.102 12,454.307
Change onpcp -17% -58%
Open notional cleared value ($billion) 3,101.448 5,098.019
(at end of month)
Change onpcp -39%

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Trading – Equity Options

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  • In June 2021, single stock options average daily contracts traded were down 4% and index options average daily contracts traded were down 5% on the pcp.
Equity Options June June June June
2021 2020 2021 2020
Month Month Financial Financial
YTD YTD
Exchange-traded options total trading days 21 21 254 255
(includes single stock equityoptions and index options)
Single stock equityoptions volume
Total contracts 5,176,228 5,404,793 56,886,817 65,893,637
Change onpcp -4% -14%
Average dailycontracts 246,487 257,371 223,964 258,406
Change onpcp -4% -13%
Index options volume
Total contracts 525,268 552,921 5,327,534 9,841,902
Change onpcp -5% -46%
Average dailycontracts 25,013 26,330 20,975 38,596
Change onpcp -5% -46%

Clearing – Exchange-Traded Markets

  • Participant margin balances held on balance sheet at month-end totalled $12.1 billion in June 2021, compared to $12.5 billion in June 2020.
ASX Clearing Corporation June June June June
Collateral Balances – At End of Month 2021 2020 2021 2020
Month Month Financial Financial
YTD YTD
Cash margins held on balance sheet:
- ASX Clear($billion) 1.0 1.3
- ASX Clear(Futures) ($billion) 10.6 10.7
Cash equivalents held on balance sheet – ASX Clear 0.5 0.5
(Futures) ($billion)
Total cash margins held on balance sheet 12.1 12.5
Change onpcp -3%
Collateral cash cover held off balance sheet (equities 3.4 3.2
andguarantees)– ASX Clear($billion)
Change onpcp 6%
Total billable cash market value cleared($billion) 128.142 175.049 1,589.214 1,659.340
Change onpcp -27% -4%

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Settlement

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  • The value of securities held in CHESS was 27% higher than the pcp. The number of dominant settlement messages in June 2021 was 23% lower than pcp.

  • The value of securities held in Austraclear was 13% higher than the pcp.

ASX Settlement June June June June
2021 2020 2021 2020
Month Month Financial Financial
YTD YTD
Value of CHESS holdings –period end($billion) 2,644.8 2,080.1
Change onpcp 27%
Dominant settlement messages(million) 1.751 2.274 22.746 22.514
Change onpcp -23% 1%
Austraclear Settlement and Depository
Austraclear securities holdings –period end($billion) 2,667.4 2,358.2
Change onpcp 13%

Participants

  • During the month of June, Euroz Hartleys Securities Limited resigned as an ASX Market and ASX Settlement Participant.
ASX Market Participants1 June June
2021 2020
Month Month
New admissions 0 0
Resignations and removals 1 0
Market/Clearing/Settlement Participants at month end 105 111
ASX Futures Participants
New admissions 0 0
Resignations and removals 0 0
Trading/ClearingParticipants at month end 46 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

Further enquiries:

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Analysts/Investors

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