ASX Data Insights 2022

Explore some key indicators of activity in the Australian financial market

The importance of comprehensive and high quality financial markets data

Growth in the number of new products being introduced into Australian financial markets over recent years has driven a corresponding increase in listings and trading activity. This means that in a single day, ASX disseminates large amount of data to market professionals and data vendors - from bids, offers and volumes to essential reference data and the very latest company news.

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Our data insights snapshot examines a number of key indicators of financial market activity over time and to the most recent reporting period. Explore the data and use the arrows to scroll through the insights.

Increasing daily transactions and trade value for ASX equities

Over the past 6 years, the number of daily equity transactions on the ASX has grown by almost 91%, with an average of 1.6 million trades recorded every day in 2021.

In the corresponding period, the overall value of equity trades per day has increased by almost 41%. In 2021, the average value of all trades was over $6.6 bn per day.

2020 saw an unprecedented increase in trading activity spurred by the extraordinary impact of Covid-19.

Growth in ETPs

Since 2015, there has been a steady increase in the number of quoted Exchange Traded Products - from just over 100 to 264 between January 2015 and 2022.

Market capitalisation for ETPs in this same period has shown more significant traction with 710% growth and a market cap value of almost $129bn in January 2022.

All Tech Index and Listings activity on ASX

The S&P/ASX All Technology Index launched on 24 February 2020. This high performing index:

Has grown from 46 to 77 constituents
Increased total market capitalisation of members from $163b to $187b+ between Q1 and Q4 2021
Trades $700m+ in average daily value

The ASX also continues to be one of the most active exchanges across the globe and welcomed 241 new listings in 2021, a 113% increase from the previous period.

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