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ASX total capital down on previous month


06 February 2019 Sydney
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

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The total capital raised by The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) was $0.4 billion in January 2019, down 84 percent on the previous corresponding period (pcp), according to its monthly activity results.

Results found that the average daily number of trades was 17 percent higher than the pcp, while the average daily value traded on-market of $3.7 billion was up 3 percent on the pcp.

For settlement, the value of securities held in the Clearing House Electronic Subregister System (CHESS), was 1 percent lower than the pcp.

The results also showed that the number of dominant settlement messages in January 2019 was flat to pcp.

The value of securities held in Austraclear was 4 percent higher than the pcp.

In January 2019, average daily futures and options on futures volumes were down 2 percent on the pcp.

Average daily futures volume was down 3 percent and average daily options volume was up 33 percent on the pcp.
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