ETF Performance Report - December 2023

TRADING HIGHLIGHT

• December’s ETF total volume / value traded moderated to 1.8 mil units / RM3.8 mil, from previous high base bolstered by substantial direct business transaction (DBT). Excluding DBT, market transacted volume and value grew by 21.6% / 10.1% month-on-month (MoM). There was no DBT recorded during the month.
• This brought the full year total volume / value traded to 112.6 mil units / RM161.8 mil, representing a 79.2% and 31.1% year-on-year (YoY) growth respectively.
• LBMA gold price further expanded by 1.2% MoM in December to USD2,062 per troy ounce. Correspondingly, GOLDETF’s total volume / value traded grew by 66.4% / 69.4% to 514K units / RM1.5 mil and was the top contributor to the monthly traded value improvement.
• MYETFDJ also recorded significant growth in trading performance during the month, with its total volume / value traded expanded by 7,726% / 7,731% to 337K units / RM334K. The rebalancing of its underlying Down Jones Islamic Market Titans 25 Index saw the removal of Gamuda Berhad and addition of Fraser & Neave Holdings Berhad to the benchmark index during the month.
• As for full year, ABFMY1 emerged as the top performing fund as fed rate adjustment under the spotlight. The fixed income ETF’s total volume / value traded swell 213.2% / 220.8% YoY to 76.7 mil units / RM90.5 mil.
• Within the equity space, CHINA100-MYR led in yearly growth with its total volume / value traded rose by 79.4% / 43.3% to 14.9 mil units / RM18.5 mil. As for the domestic scene, benchmark fund FBMKLCI-EA saw its total volume / value traded climbed 19.3% / 16.5% YoY to 3.0 mil units / RM4.6 mil.