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Trading Volume in December 2009 and Year 2009

(4 January 2010)

Trading Volume in December 2009

 The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures was1,125,342, increasing 5.4% in comparison to that of the prior year comparable month, and increasing 52.4% in comparison to that of the prior month, and the average daily volume was53,588. The trading volume of Options on Three-month Euroyen futures was 250, decreasing 98.9% in comparison to that of the prior year comparable month, and decreasing 58.3% in comparison to that of the prior month. The trading volumes for the put options and call options are 250 and 0, respectively, and the average daily volume was 12. See the table 1 for the composition of the trading volumes.

Table 1

Items

December 2009

Trading Volumes

Daily Average

Change on
Previous Month

Year on
Year Change

Interest Rate etc. Financial Futures Contracts

1,125,592

53,600

52.3%

3.2%

 

3-monthEuroyenfutures

1,125,342

53,588

52.4%

5.4%

 

Options on 3-monthEuroyenfutures

250

12

-58.3%

-98.9%

 

 

Put

250

12

25.0%

-98.4%

 

 

Call

0

0

-100.0%

-100.0%

  The total trading volume of Exchange Forex Margin contracts (Click 365) was6,042,673, increasing 130.9% in comparison to that of the prior year comparable month, and decreasing 19.1% in comparison to that of the prior month, and the average daily trading volume was262,725. See the table 2 for the composition of the trading volumes.

Table 2

Items

December 2009

Trading Volumes

Daily Averages

Change on
Previous Month

Year on
Year Change

Click 365

6,042,673

262,725

-19.1%

130.9%

 

USD/JPY

2,269,285

98,665

-16.2%

174.2%

 

EUR/JPY

644,095

28,004

-2.8%

27.0%

 

GBP/JPY

1,139,566

49,546

-15.7%

121.6%

 

AUD/JPY

1,441,549

62,676

-29.1%

240.8%

 

CHF/JPY

10,416

453

-42.5%

-36.3%

 

CAD/JPY

34,827

1,514

-23.6%

33.0%

 

NZD/JPY

94,967

4,129

-28.2%

-15.9%

 

EUR/USD

135,695

5,900

32.1%

31.3%

 

GBP/USD

39,504

1,718

14.8%

291.6%

 

Other Currency Pairs

232,769

10,120

-37.9%

207.7%

  The total trading volume was7,168,265, increasing 93.4% in comparison to that of the prior year comparable month, and decreasing 12.6% in comparison to that of the prior month, and the average daily trading volume was 316,325.


Total Trading Volume in Year 2009

The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures was13,066,020, decreasing 41.6% in comparison to that of the prior year, and the average daily trading volume was 53,770. The trading volume of Options on Three-month Euroyen futures was 32,088, decreasing 97.4% in comparison to that of the prior year. The trading volumes for the put options and call options are 19,327 and 12,761, respectively. The trading volume of Interest Rate etc. Financial Futures Contracts was13,098,108, decreasing 44.6% in comparison to that of the prior year, and the daily average was 53,902.
In addition, the total trading volume of FX Daily Futures contracts (Click 365) in 2009 was70,579,936, increasing 63.0% in comparison to that of the prior year, and the average daily trading volume was 271,461. See the table 3 for the composition of the trading volumes.

Table 3

Items

Year 2009

Trading Volumes

DailyAverages

Year on
Year Change

Total Trading Volumes

83,678,044

325,363

25.0%

 

Interest Rate etc. Financial Futures Contracts

13,098,108

53,902

-44.6%

 

 

3-monthEuroyenfutures

13,066,020

53,770

-41.6%

 

 

Options on 3-monthEuroyenfutures

32,088

132

-97.4%

 

 

 

Put

19,327

80

-97.6%

 

 

 

Call

12,761

53

-97.1%

 

Click 365

70,579,936

271,461

63.0%

 

 

USD/JPY

20,198,781

77,688

53.3%

 

 

EUR/JPY

9,961,673

38,314

69.3%

 

 

GBP/JPY

16,266,521

62,564

113.1%

 

 

AUD/JPY

17,793,787

68,438

92.4%

 

 

CHF/JPY

183,224

705

-76.2%

 

 

CAD/JPY

467,812

1,799

-64.9%

 

 

NZD/JPY

2,097,853

8,069

-57.8%

 

 

EUR/USD

1,116,564

4,294

689.4%

 

 

GBP/USD

426,937

1,642

2056.7%

 

 

Other Currency Pairs

2,066,784

7,949

1510.8%


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