Singapore Exchange (SGX), is the primary stock exchange platform in Singapore. All corporate stocks, bonds, derivatives, and exchange traded funds (ETFs) traded in one of Asia’s leading economies are traded through the SGX. It includes the shares of Progen Holdings Limited. Currently, it is among the very few leading stock exchange platforms in Southeast Asia.

A total of 768 publicly traded companies are listed on the SGX as of January 2009, 455 of which are domestic companies and 313 of which are international companies. The number continues to grow and the reason behind this is further explained below.

FIIs created bullish positions in the derivative segment, which is deduced by the fact that they created 6100 long contracts in the Index Futures, while simultaneously creating 22288 long contracts in Index Call Options. The long-short ratio in Index Futures currently stands at 1.4x vs 1.3x