ASX LIMITED — Interim / Quarterly Report 2021

May 5, 2021

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6 May 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 – APRIL 2021

Attached is a copy of the ASX Group Monthly Activity Report for April 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

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ASX Group Monthly Activity Report – April 2021

Listings and Capital Raisings

 In April 2021, total capital raised was $9.7 billion, down 29% on the previous corresponding period (pcp).

Listings and Capital Raisings	April	April	April	April
	2021	2020	2021	2020
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
New listed entities admitted	14	7	134	77
De-listings	5	5	123	138
Total listed entities(at end of month)	2,199	2,208
Change onpcp	0%
Initial capital raised($million)	3,856	97	23,283	10,421
Change onpcp	3,875%		123%
Secondarycapital raised($million)	5,317	13,334	45,005	48,626
Other capital raised includingscrip-for-scrip ($million)	534	337	10,255	4,648
Total secondarycapital raised($million)	5,851	13,671	55,260	53,274
Change onpcp	-57%		4%
Total capital raised including other($million)	9,707	13,768	78,543	63,695
Change onpcp	-29%		23%

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

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• In April 2021, the average daily number of trades was 24% lower than the pcp. The average daily value traded onmarket of $5.0 billion was down 26% on the pcp.

• Volatility (as measured by the average daily movement in the All Ordinaries Index) was 0.4% in April (compared to 1.6% in the pcp).

• Expected future volatility (as measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX) in April was an average of 11.7 (compared to 31.4 in the pcp).

Cash Markets	April	April	April	April
	2021	2020	2021	2020
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Total trading days	20	20	212	213
(Cash market includes equity, warrant and interest rate market
transactions)
Cash market volume
Total trades	28,588,496	37,618,834	320,245,438	390,652,022
Change onpcp	-24%		-18%
Average dailytrades	1,429,425	1,880,942	1,510,592	1,834,047
Change onpcp	-24%		-18%
Cash market value
Open trading ($billion)	66.414	92.704	843.115	791.545
Auctions trading ($billion)	26.212	33.128	297.499	333.880
Centre Point($billion)	7.582	9.591	88.968	100.853
On-market value	100.208	135.423	1,229.582	1,226.278
Change onpcp	-26%		0%
Trade reporting*($billion)	16.185	17.624	179.660	226.748
Total cash market value($billion)	116.393	153.047	1,409.242	1,453.026
Change onpcp	-24%		-3%
On-market average dailyvalue($billion)	5.010	6.771	5.800	5.757
Change onpcp	-26%		1%
Total average dailyvalue($billion)	5.820	7.652	6.647	6.822
Change onpcp	-24%		-3%
Average valueper trade($)	4,071	4,068	4,401	3,719
Change onpcp	0%		18%
All Ordinaries Index(average dailymovement)	0.4%	1.6%
Change onpcp	-1.2%
S&P/ASX 200 VIX(average dailyvalue)	11.7	31.4
Change onpcp	-63%

*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 April 2021, average daily futures volume was up 4% and average daily options volume was down 41% on the pcp. Total average daily futures and options on futures volumes was up 4% on the pcp.

Futures	April	April	April	April
	2021	2020	2021	2020
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Futures and options total trading days	20	20	213	214
(includes interest rate, ASX SPI 200, commodities and energy
contracts)
Futures volume
Total contracts	8,246,710	7,929,243	118,964,456	144,005,249
Change onpcp	4%		-17%
Average dailycontracts	412,336	396,462	558,519	672,922
Change onpcp	4%		-17%
Options on futures volume
Total contracts	6,759	11,439	196,851	1,053,071
Change onpcp	-41%		-81%
Average dailycontracts	338	572	924	4,921
Change onpcp	-41%		-81%
Total futures and options on futures volume
Total contracts	8,253,469	7,940,682	119,161,307	145,058,320
Change onpcp	4%		-18%
Average dailycontracts	412,673	397,034	559,443	677,843
Change onpcp	4%		-17%

Volume of futures trading by individual contract is available at the following link: http://www2.asx.com.au/content/dam/asx/documents/unlinked-docs/finance-reports/2021/monthly-futures-markets-report-210430.pdf

Clearing – OTC Markets

 In April 2021, the notional value of OTC interest rate derivative contracts centrally cleared was $141.5 billion, compared to $439.6 billion in the pcp.

OTC Markets	April	April	April	April
	2021	2020	2021	2020
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Total notional cleared value($billion)	141.509	439.645	4,722.549	11,375.646
Change onpcp	-68%		-58%
Open notional cleared value ($billion)	3,132.583	6,345.316
(at end of month)
Change onpcp	-51%

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Trading – Equity Options

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• In April 2021, single stock options average daily contracts traded were down 3% and index options average daily contracts traded were down 16% on the pcp.

contracts traded were down 16% on the pcp.
Equity Options	April	April	April	April
	2021	2020	2021	2020
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Exchange-traded options total trading days	20	20	212	213
(includes single stock equityoptions and index options)
Single stock equityoptions volume
Total contracts	3,716,022	3,812,731	47,148,701	55,868,907
Change onpcp	-3%		-16%
Average dailycontracts	185,801	190,637	222,400	262,295
Change onpcp	-3%		-15%
Index options volume
Total contracts	378,744	449,063	4,393,621	8,784,593
Change onpcp	-16%		-50%
Average dailycontracts	18,937	22,453	20,725	41,242
Change onpcp	-16%		-50%

Clearing – Exchange-Traded Markets

• Participant margin balances held on balance sheet at month-end totalled $11.8 billion in April 2021, compared to $12.3 billion in April 2020.

ASX Clearing Corporation	April	April	April	April
Collateral Balances – At End of Month	2021	2020	2021	2020
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Cash margins held on balance sheet:
- ASX Clear($billion)	1.0	1.9
- ASX Clear(Futures) ($billion)	10.1	9.7
Cash equivalents held on balance sheet – ASX Clear	0.7	0.7
(Futures) ($billion)
Total cash margins held on balance sheet	11.8	12.3
Change onpcp	-4%
Collateral cash cover held off balance sheet (equities	3.4	2.9
andguarantees)– ASX Clear($billion)
Change onpcp	17%
Total billable cash market value cleared($billion)	109.154	144.153	1,336.763	1,337.428
Change onpcp	-24%		0%

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Settlement

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• The value of securities held in CHESS was 31% higher than the pcp. The number of dominant settlement messages in April 2021 was 13% lower than pcp.

• The value of securities held in Austraclear was 19% higher than the pcp.

ASX Settlement	April	April	April	April
	2021	2020	2021	2020
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Value of CHESS holdings –period end($billion)	2,579.2	1,961.9
Change onpcp	31%
Dominant settlement messages(million)	1.805	2.072	19.113	18.192
Change onpcp	-13%		5%
Austraclear Settlement and Depository
Austraclear securities holdings –period end($billion)	2,630.3	2,218.9
Change onpcp	19%

Participants

• During the month of April, Citadel Securities (Hong Kong) Limited resigned as an ASX Market and ASX 24 Trading Participant.

ASX Market Participants1	April	April
	2021	2020
	Month	Month
New admissions	0	0
Resignations and removals	1	0
Market/Clearing/Settlement Participants at month end	106	111
ASX Futures Participants
New admissions	0	0
Resignations and removals	1	0
Trading/ClearingParticipants at month end	46	47

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

• 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:

Analysts/Investors

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