Topic 6. Stock exchanges in the Asian region

The Asia-Pacific stock exchanges are organized markets that have been developing quite dynamically over the past 5 years. This segment has been a leader in recent years.

According to the Futures Industry Association, the dynamics of international exchange trading in these markets indicate growth in the last 5 years.
In 2023, the volume of exchange trading on exchange platforms in the Asia-Pacific region reached a record level of 103.4 billion transactions, which is 14.2 times higher than in 2014, when 7.3 billion transactions were recorded.
Over the past three years, record figures for concluded transactions have been recorded on exchanges. At the same time, exchange trading in futures contracts is significantly lower than options trading in recent years. Thus, futures trading in 2023 amounted to 11.7 billion transactions, and options trading - 91.7 billion transactions.

An assessment of statistical reports from the Futures Industry Association shows that the largest number of transactions on South American exchanges were concluded on securities and stock indices – 88%, on interest rates – 8%, and exchange rates – 5%. Exchange trading in commodity assets accounted for only 9%.

As can be seen from the table above, the Futures Industry Association includes many Asian exchanges. The first place in the list is occupied by the National Stock Exchange of India, the second is the Bombay Stock Exchange, and the third is the Korean Stock Exchange. Then there are 3 exchanges of the Chinese market [16].
The most significant results of exchange trading are concentrated on the National Stock Exchange.
At the same time, within the Asia-Pacific exchange region, significantly more exchange platforms are included, which are of global importance and are located in:
- India;
- China;
- South Korea;
- Japan;
- Taiwan;
- Singapore;
- Malaysia;
- Pakistan;
- UAE.