ASX LIMITED — Interim / Quarterly Report 2023

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6 March 2023

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 2023

Attached is a copy of the ASX Group Monthly Activity Report for February 2023.

Release of market announcement authorised by: Johanna O’Rourke

Group General Counsel and 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 – February 2023

Listings and Capital Raisings

 In February 2023, total capital raised was $1.6 billion, down 98% on the previous corresponding period (pcp).

Listings and Capital Raisings	February	February	February	February
	2023	2022	2023	2022
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
New listed entities admitted	1	7	47	172
De-listings	6	9	75	91
Total listed entities(at end of month)	2,289	2,309	-	-
Change onpcp	-1%	-	-	-
Initial capital raised($million)	5	56	2,338	45,601
Change onpcp	-91%	-	-95%	-
Secondarycapital raised($million)	1,050	1,739	28,471	43,558
Other capital raised includingscrip-for-scrip ($million)	528	96,796	5,903	117,131
Total secondarycapital raised($million)	1,578	98,535	34,374	160,689
Change onpcp	-98%	-	-79%	-
Total capital raised including other($million)	1,583	98,591	36,712	206,290
Change onpcp	-98%	-	-82%	-

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

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• In February 2023, the average daily number of trades was down 28% on the pcp. The average daily value traded onmarket of $5.762 billion was down 25% on the pcp.

• Volatility (as measured by the average daily movement in the All Ordinaries Index) was 0.5% in February, down 0.3% on pcp.

• Future volatility (as measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX) in February was an average of 12.7, down 23% on pcp.

Cash Markets	February	February	February	February
	2023	2022	2023	2022
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Total trading days	20	20	168	169
(Cash market includes equity, warrant and interest rate market
transactions)
Cash market volume
Total trades	29,301,565	40,831,610	254,014,881	291,277,860
Change onpcp	-28%	-	-13%	-
Average dailytrades	1,465,078	2,041,581	1,511,993	1,723,538
Change onpcp	-28%	-	-12%	-
Cash market value
Open trading ($billion)	69.725	99.267	579.270	720.367
Auctions trading ($billion)	32.013	41.999	276.006	302.833
Centre Point($billion)	13.507	12.852	90.335	86.193
On-market value	115.245	154.118	945.611	1,109.393
Change onpcp	-25%	-	-15%	-
Trade reporting*($billion)	20.506	32.555	152.439	188.060
Total cash market value($billion)	135.751	186.673	1,098.050	1,297.453
Change onpcp	-27%	-	-15%	-
On-market average dailyvalue($billion)	5.762	7.706	5.629	6.564
Change onpcp	-25%	-	-14%	-
Total average dailyvalue($billion)	6.788	9.334	6.536	7.677
Change onpcp	-27%	-	-15%	-
Average valueper trade($)	4,633	4,572	4,323	4,454
Change onpcp	1%	-	-3%	-
All Ordinaries Index(average dailymovement)	0.5%	0.8%	-	-
Change onpcp	-0.3%	-	-	-
S&P/ASX 200 VIX(average dailyvalue)	12.7	16.5	-	-
Change onpcp	-23%	-	-	-

*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 2023, average daily futures volume was up 7% on pcp and average daily options volume was up 24% on the pcp. Total average daily futures and options on futures volumes was up 7% on pcp.

Futures	February	February	February	February
	2023	2022	2023	2022
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Futures and options total trading days	20	20	170	170
(includes interest rate, ASX SPI 200, commodities and energy
contracts)
Futures volume
Total contracts	10,772,536	10,070,085	85,111,995	84,115,711
Change onpcp	7%	-	1%	-
Average dailycontracts	538,627	503,504	500,659	494,798
Change onpcp	7%	-	1%	-
Options on futures volume
Total contracts	12,817	10,373	79,909	83,501
Change onpcp	24%	-	-4%	-
Average dailycontracts	641	519	470	491
Change onpcp	24%	-	-4%	-
Total futures and options on futures volume
Total contracts	10,785,353	10,080,458	85,191,904	84,199,212
Change onpcp	7%	-	1%	-
Average dailycontracts	539,268	504,023	501,129	495,289
Change onpcp	7%	-	1%	-

Volume of futures trading by individual contract is available at the following link:

https://www2.asx.com.au/content/dam/asx/documents/unlinked-docs/monthly-futures-markets-report-230228.pdf

Clearing – OTC Markets

 In February 2023, the notional value of OTC interest rate derivative contracts centrally cleared was $805.133 billion, compared to $413.922 billion in the pcp.

OTC Markets	February	February	February	February
	2023	2022	2023	2022
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Total notional cleared value($billion)	805.133	413.922	4,278.559	2,537.906
Change onpcp	95%	-	69%	-
Open notional cleared value ($billion)	4,367.154	3,811.797	-	-
(at end of month)
Change onpcp	15%	-	-	-

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Trading – Equity Options

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• In February 2023, single stock options average daily contracts traded were down 5% and index options average daily contracts traded were up 1% on the pcp.

daily contracts traded were up 1% on the pcp.
Equity Options	February	February	February	February
	2023	2022	2023	2022
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Exchange-traded options total trading days	20	20	168	169
(includes single stock equityoptions and index options)
Single stock equityoptions volume
Total contracts	4,977,014	5,239,883	37,432,438	38,286,220
Change onpcp	-5%	-	-2%	-
Average dailycontracts	248,851	261,994	222,812	226,546
Change onpcp	-5%	-	-2%	-
Index options volume
Total contracts	503,736	498,221	4,476,457	3,516,645
Change onpcp	1%	-	27%	-
Average dailycontracts	25,187	24,911	26,646	20,809
Change onpcp	1%	-	28%	-

Clearing – Exchange-Traded Markets

• Participant margin balances held on balance sheet at month-end totalled $12.2 billion in February 2023, compared to $11.9 billion in February 2022. Participant margin balances subject to risk management haircuts were $9.0 billion in February 2023 compared to $9.4 billion in February 2022.

ASX Clearing Corporation	February	February	February	February
Collateral Balances – At End of Month	2023	2022	2023	2022
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Cash margins held on balance sheet:
- ASX Clear($billion)	0.9	1.1	-	-
- ASX Clear(Futures) ($billion)	10.9	10.1	-	-
Cash equivalents held on balance sheet – ASX Clear	0.4	0.7	-	-
(Futures) ($billion)
Total cash margins held on balance sheet	12.2	11.9	-	-
Change onpcp	3%	-	-	-
Collateral cash cover held off balance sheet (equities	3.3	3.3	-	-
andguarantees)– ASX Clear($billion)
Change onpcp	0%	-	-	-
Total billable cash market value cleared($billion)	126.590	164.810	1,026.834	1,194.078
Change onpcp	-23%	-	-14%	-

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Settlement

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• The value of securities held in CHESS was 3% higher than the pcp. The number of dominant settlement messages in February 2023 was 7% lower than the pcp.

• The value of securities held in Austraclear was 6% higher than the pcp.

ASX Settlement	February	February	February	February
	2023	2022	2023	2022
	Month	Month	Financial	Financial
			YTD	YTD
Value of CHESS holdings –period end($billion)	2,733.4	2,643.0	-	-
Change onpcp	3%	-	-	-
Dominant settlement messages(million)	1.679	1.804	13.727	14.555
Change onpcp	-7%	-	-6%	-
Austraclear Settlement and Depository
Austraclear securities holdings –period end($billion)	2,988.8	2,827.0	-	-
Change onpcp	6%	-	-	-

Participants

• During the month of February 2023, Investment Administration Services Pty Ltd resigned as an ASX Settlement Participant.

ASX Participants1	February	February
	2023	2022
	Month	Month
New admissions	0	1
Resignations and removals	1	0
Market/Clearing/Settlement Participants at month end	101	105
ASX 24 Participants
New admissions	0	0
Resignations and removals	0	0
Trading/ClearingParticipants at month end	45	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

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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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