ASX LIMITED — Interim / Quarterly Report 2021

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4 March 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 – FEBRUARY 2021

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

Listings and Capital Raisings

 In February 2021, total capital raised was $8.4 billion, up 248% on the previous corresponding period (pcp).

Listings and Capital Raisings	February	February	February	February
	2021	2020	2021	2020
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
New listed entities admitted	12	7	106	69
De-listings	23	37	106	124
Total listed entities(at end of month)	2,188	2,214
Change onpcp	-1%
Initial capital raised($million)	88	104	18,018	9,261
Change onpcp	-15%		95%
Secondarycapital raised($million)	1,899	2,045	33,954	33,175
Other capital raised includingscrip-for-scrip ($million)	6,398	262	9,432	3,333
Total secondarycapital raised($million)	8,297	2,307	43,386	36,508
Change onpcp	260%		19%
Total capital raised including other($million)	8,385	2,411	61,404	45,769
Change onpcp	248%		34%

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

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• In February 2021, the average daily number of trades was 13% lower than the pcp. The average daily value traded on-market of $6.3 billion was flat on the pcp.

• Volatility (as measured by the average daily movement in the All Ordinaries Index) was 0.8% in February (compared to 0.8% in the pcp).

• Expected future volatility (as measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX) in February was an average of 15.1 (compared to 14.9 in the pcp).

Cash Markets	February	February	February	February
	2021	2020	2021	2020
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Total trading days	20	20	169	171
(Cash market includes equity, warrant and interest rate market
transactions)
Cash market volume
Total trades	33,331,863	38,483,894	254,205,799	285,533,200
Change onpcp	-13%		-11%
Average dailytrades	1,666,593	1,924,195	1,504,176	1,669,785
Change onpcp	-13%		-10%
Cash market value
Open trading ($billion)	87.508	82.823	687.580	541.185
Auctions trading ($billion)	28.735	32.332	233.178	246.084
Centre Point($billion)	9.941	11.158	70.564	72.139
On-market value	126.184	126.313	991.322	859.408
Change onpcp	0%		15%
Trade reporting*($billion)	19.180	26.608	142.317	176.409
Total cash market value($billion)	145.364	152.921	1,133.639	1,035.817
Change onpcp	-5%		9%
On-market average dailyvalue($billion)	6.309	6.316	5.866	5.026
Change onpcp	0%		17%
Total average dailyvalue($billion)	7.268	7.646	6.708	6.057
Change onpcp	-5%		11%
Average valueper trade($)	4,361	3,974	4,460	3,628
Change onpcp	10%		23%
All Ordinaries Index(average dailymovement)	0.8%	0.8%
Change onpcp	0%
S&P/ASX 200 VIX(average dailyvalue)	15.1	14.9
Change onpcp	1%

*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 February 2021, average daily futures volume was down 10% and average daily options volume was down 88% on the pcp. Total average daily futures and options on futures volumes was down 11% on the pcp.

Futures	February	February	February	February
	2021	2020	2021	2020
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Futures and options total trading days	20	20	170	172
(includes interest rate, ASX SPI 200, commodities and energy
contracts)
Futures volume
Total contracts	12,884,196	14,305,144	92,803,652	111,624,459
Change onpcp	-10%		-17%
Average dailycontracts	644,210	715,257	545,904	648,979
Change onpcp	-10%		-16%
Options on futures volume
Total contracts	21,611	176,636	178,506	970,232
Change onpcp	-88%		-82%
Average dailycontracts	1,081	8,832	1,050	5,641
Change onpcp	-88%		-81%
Total futures and options on futures volume
Total contracts	12,905,807	14,481,780	92,982,158	112,594,691
Change onpcp	-11%		-17%
Average dailycontracts	645,290	724,089	546,954	654,620
Change onpcp	-11%		-16%

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-210228.pdf.

Clearing – OTC Markets

 In February 2021, the notional value of OTC interest rate derivative contracts centrally cleared was $399.3 billion, compared to $1,360.8 billion in the pcp.

OTC Markets	February	February	February	February
	2021	2020	2021	2020
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Total notional cleared value($billion)	399.322	1,360.826	4,394.438	9,635.913
Change onpcp	-71%		-54%
Open notional cleared value ($billion)	3,798.071	6,938.705
(at end of month)
Change onpcp	-45%

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Trading – Equity Options

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• In February 2021, single stock options average daily contracts traded were down 14% and index options average daily contracts traded were down 69% on the pcp.

Equity Options	February	February	February	February
	2021	2020	2021	2020
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Exchange-traded options total trading days	20	20	169	171
(includes single stock equityoptions and index options)
Single stock equityoptions volume
Total contracts	5,048,312	5,840,794	38,384,373	44,699,985
Change onpcp	-14%		-14%
Average dailycontracts	252,416	292,040	227,126	261,403
Change onpcp	-14%		-13%
Index options volume
Total contracts	404,378	1,312,453	3,581,540	6,884,446
Change onpcp	-69%		-48%
Average dailycontracts	20,219	65,623	21,193	40,260
Change onpcp	-69%		-47%

Clearing – Exchange-Traded Markets

• Participant margin balances held on balance sheet at month-end totalled $13.7 billion in February 2021, compared to $11.2 billion in February 2020.

ASX Clearing Corporation	February	February	February	February
Collateral Balances – At End of Month	2021	2020	2021	2020
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Cash margins held on balance sheet:
- ASX Clear($billion)	1.1	1.2
- ASX Clear(Futures) ($billion)	11.9	9.0
Cash equivalents held on balance sheet – ASX Clear	0.7	1.0
(Futures) ($billion)
Total cash margins held on balance sheet	13.7	11.2
Change onpcp	22%
Collateral cash cover held off balance sheet (equities	3.4	3.3
andguarantees)– ASX Clear($billion)
Change onpcp	3%
Total billable cash market value cleared($billion)	138.574	138.933	1,078.092	945.829
Change onpcp	0%		14%

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Settlement

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• The value of securities held in CHESS was 10% higher than the pcp. The number of dominant settlement messages in February 2021 was 23% higher than pcp.

• The value of securities held in Austraclear was 22% higher than the pcp.

ASX Settlement	February	February	February	February
	2021	2020	2021	2020
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Value of CHESS holdings –period end($billion)	2,434.0	2,202.8
Change onpcp	10%
Dominant settlement messages(million)	2.038	1.658	15.105	13.119
Change onpcp	23%		15%
Austraclear Settlement and Depository
Austraclear securities holdings –period end($billion)	2,583.1	2,112.3
Change onpcp	22%

Participants

During the month of February, there were no participant admissions or resignations.

ASX Market Participants1	February	February
	2021	2020
	Month	Month
New admissions	0	1
Resignations and removals	0	0
Market/Clearing/Settlement Participants at month end	108	112
ASX Futures Participants
New admissions	0	1
Resignations and removals	0	1
Trading/ClearingParticipants at month end	48	47

1 Figures exclude Special Settlement Participants set up to effect a specific corporate action as their participation is only temporary. 4 March 2021

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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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