The Singapore Exchange, one of the Asia-Pacific region's biggest bourses, side-stepped the broader slump in the derivatives markets last year that hit volumes at its larger rivals.

The average daily volume of contracts traded on SGX jumped 11% in 2012 compared with 2011, reaching a new high of 326,595, according to data published by the exchange yesterday. The total number of contracts traded in 2012 reached 80.2 million, the exchange said.