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Trading Volume in January 2012

(1 February 2012)

 The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures was 245,444 decreasing 65.5% in comparison to that of the prior year comparable month, and decreasing 23.4% in comparison to that of the prior month, and the average dailyvolume was 12,918 .

[TABLE 1]
Items
January 2012
Trading Volumes
Daily Averages
Change on Previous Month
Year on Year Change
Interest Rate etc. Financial Futures Contracts

246,199

13,296

-23.3%

-65.4%

3-month Euroyen futures

245,444

12,918

-23.4%

-65.5%

Options on 3-month Euroyen futures

-

-

-100.0%

-

Put

-

-

-100.0%

-

Call

-

-

-

-

Six-month Euroyen LIBOR futures

755

378

-

-

  The total trading volume of FX Daily Futures contracts (Click 365) was 6,409,315 decreasing 36.3% in comparison to that of the prior year comparable month, and decreasing 11.4% in comparison to that of the prior month, and the average daily trading volume was 305,309 . See the TABLE 2 for the composition of the trading volumes.

[TABLE 2]
Items
January 2012
Trading Volumes
Daily Averages
Change on Previous Month
Year on Year Change
Click 365

6,409,315

305,309

-11.4%

-36.3%

USD/JPY

764,881

36,423

-28.2%

-70.7%

EUR/JPY

1,986,219

94,582

30.4%

-3.4%

GBP/JPY

384,295

18,300

-14.1%

-63.8%

AUD/JPY

1,530,351

72,874

-33.8%

-39.7%

CHF/JPY

47,849

2,279

-23.6%

-41.5%

CAD/JPY

24,104

1,148

-29.8%

-81.9%

NZD/JPY

218,676

10,413

-27.5%

-24.7%

EUR/USD

898,735

42,797

19.2%

27.5%

GBP/USD

34,907

1,662

-28.3%

-60.8%

Other Currency Pairs

519,298

24,831

-24.2%

2.4%




  The total trading volume of Equity Index Daily Futures contracts (Kabu 365) was 55,794 decreasing 33.4% in comparison to that of the prior year comparable month, and decreasing 4.9% in comparison to that of the prior month, and the average daily trading volume was 2,642 . See the TABLE 3 for the composition of the trading volumes.

[TABLE 3]
Items
January 2012
Trading Volumes
Daily Averages
Change on Previous Month
Year on Year Change
Kabu 365

55,794

2,642

4.9%

-33.4%

Nikkei 225 Daily Futures contract

44,875

2,137

3.4%

-39.2%

DAX® Daily Futures contract

8,768

399

20.6%

115.7%

FTSE 100 Daily Futures contract

1,605

76

-21.6%

-70.5%

FTSE China 25 Margin contracts

546

30

16.4%

44.1%

The total trading volume was 6,711,308 , decreasing 38.2% 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 321,247 .

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