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Trading Volumes in March 2010 and from April 2009 through March 2010

(1 April 2010)

The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures was 956,096, decreasing 21.7% in comparison to that of the prior year comparable month, and increasing 49.2% in comparison to that of the prior month, and the average daily volume was 43,459. See the table 1 for the composition of the trading volumes.

Table 1

Items

March 2010

Trading Volumes

Daily Average

Change on Previus Month

Year on Year Change

Interest Rate etc. Financial Futures Contracts

956,096

43,459

49.2%

-22.0%

 

3-monthEuroyenfutures

956,096

43,459

49.2%

-21.7%

 

Options on 3-monthEuroyenfutures

-

-

-

-

 

 

Put

-

-

-

-

 

 

Call

-

-

-

-

  The total trading volume of Exchange Forex Margin contracts (Click 365) was 6,673,727, increasing 25.8% in comparison to that of the prior year comparable month, and increasing 5.6% in comparison to that of the prior month, and the average daily trading volume was 290,162. See the table 2 for the composition of the trading volumes.

Table 2

Items

March 2010

Trading Volumes

Daily Averages

Change on Previus Month

Year on Year Change

Click 365

6,673,727

290,162

5.6%

25.8%

 

USD/JPY

1,689,116

73,440

17.5%

11.1%

 

EUR/JPY

1,035,106

45,005

-15.0%

-4.7%

 

GBP/JPY

1,446,704

62,900

24.4%

26.7%

 

AUD/JPY

1,916,415

83,322

-3.9%

101.2%

 

CHF/JPY

15,388

669

-16.1%

-24.6%

 

CAD/JPY

82,143

3,571

128.9%

188.8%

 

NZD/JPY

108,297

4,709

-4.8%

-59.2%

 

EUR/USD

136,607

5,939

36.0%

7.7%

 

GBP/USD

40,093

1,743

39.4%

1.8%

 

Other Currency Pairs

203,858

8,863

-4.2%

65.8%

  The total trading volume in March 2010 was 7,629,823, increasing 16.8% in comparison to that of the prior year comparable month, and increasing 9.6% in comparison to that of the prior month, and the average daily trading volume was 333,621.

Total Trading Volume from April 2009 through March 2010

From April 2009 through March 2010, the trading volume of 3-month Euroyen futures was 12,161,642, decreasing 34.6% in comparison to that of the prior year, and the average daily trading volume was 49,843. The trading volume of Options on Three-month Euroyen futures was19,000, decreasing 97.2% in comparison to that of the prior year. The trading volumes for the put options and call options are 14,660 and 4,340, respectively. The trading volume of Interest Rate etc. Financial Futures Contracts was 12,180,642, decreasing 36.8% in comparison to that of the prior year, and the daily average was 49,921.

In addition, the total trading volume of FX Daily Futures contracts (Click 365) from April 2009 through March 2010 was 80,368,758, increasing 66.3% in comparison to that of the prior year, and the average daily trading volume was 309,111. See the table 3 for the composition of the trading volumes.

Table 3

Items

April 2009 through March 2010

Trading Volumes

DailiyAverages

Year on Year Change

Total Trading Volumes

92,549,400

359,031

36.9%

 

Interest Rate etc. Financial Futures Contracts

12,180,642

49,921

-36.8%

 

 

3-monthEuroyenfutures

12,161,642

49,843

-34.6%

 

 

Options on 3-monthEuroyenfutures

19,000

78

-97.2%

 

 

 

Put

14,660

60

-96.3%

 

 

 

Call

4,340

18

-98.5%

 

Click 365

80,368,758

309,111

66.3%

 

 

USD/JPY

22,709,825

87,345

63.6%

 

 

EUR/JPY

10,996,145

42,293

46.6%

 

 

GBP/JPY

18,057,873

69,453

91.4%

 

 

AUD/JPY

22,086,346

84,947

116.7%

 

 

CHF/JPY

182,988

704

-67.9%

 

 

CAD/JPY

549,855

2,115

-49.6%

 

 

NZD/JPY

1,817,021

6,989

-60.9%

 

 

EUR/USD

1,145,917

4,407

149.5%

 

 

GBP/USD

447,397

1,721

304.0%

 

 

Other Currency Pairs

2,375,391

9,136

434.2%


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