Commodities and clearing activity rose in November from a year earlier while securities trading fell, according to the Singapore Exchange (SGX).

Securities turnover fell 37% year on year to SGD25.4 billion as global uncertainties lingered. Securities daily average value was SGD1.2 billion, down 40% from a year earlier.

ETF turnover fell 52% to SGD532 million but structured warrants trading rose 57% to SGD931 million.

Total derivatives volume increased 7% year on year to 5.8 million contracts; derivatives daily average volume was 281,038 contracts, up 6%.

MSCI Taiwan Index Futures volume was 33% higher from a year earlier at 1.6 million contracts. MSCI Singapore futures volume was 26% up at 395,618 contracts. China A50 futures trading increased 81% year on year to 369,041 contracts.

Trading of agricultural commodity futures increased 54% year on year to 30,140 contracts primarily due to growing interest in the SICOM rubber contracts.

Volume of OTC commodity contracts cleared rose 67% from a year earlier to 19,800 contracts; iron ore swaps cleared totalled 12,851 contracts, almost five times the volume of a year earlier.

Clearing of OTC Interest Rate Swaps continued to grow with a notional SGD4.5 billion cleared in November, bringing the cumulative amount cleared since launch to SGD184.5 billion notional.