Trading Volume in May 2008

In May 2008, the trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures was 1,840,052, decreasing 48.4% in comparison to that of the prior year comparable month, and decreasing 26.9% in comparison to that of the prior month, and the average daily volume was 92,003. The trading volume of Options on Three-month Euroyen futures was 61,742, decreasing 79.8% in comparison to that of the prior year comparable month, and decreasing 71.8% in comparison to that of the prior month. The trading volumes for the put options and call options are 27,100 and 34,642, respectively, and the average daily volume was 3,087.

The total trading volume of Exchange Forex Margin contracts (Click 365) was 3,392,662, increasing 24.8% in comparison to that of the prior year comparable month, and increasing 4.0% in comparison to that of the prior month, and the average daily trading volume was 154,212. The composition of the trading volume was as follows. USD/JPY 1,121,801, EUR/JPY 254,973, GBP/JPY 510,856, AUD/JPY 717,241, CHF/JPY 61,891, CAD/JPY 160,922, NZD/JPY 564,978

The trading volume of the exchange total was 5,294,456, decreasing 19.7% in comparison to that of the prior year comparable month, and decreasing 11.8% in comparison to that of the prior month, and the average daily trading volume was 249,302.

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