SGX A50 futures hit record 21.9m contracts last year

THE Singapore Exchange's China A50 Futures - its second most widely traded equity index contract - continued on its upward trajectory last year, hitting a record annual volume of 21.9 million contracts.

This represents a 119 per cent growth over 2012 volume.

There were more than US$2 billion in open positions as at end December 2013, said SGX.