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Trading Volume in January 2012

(1 March 2012)

 The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures was 420,152 decreasing 42.0% in comparison to that of the prior year comparable month, and increasing 71.2% in comparison to that of the prior month, and the average dailyvolume was 20,007 .

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

426,469

20,308

73.2%

-41.1%

3-month Euroyen futures

420,152

20,007

71.2%

-42.0%

Options on 3-month Euroyen futures

-

-

-

-

Put

-

-

-

-

Call

-

-

-

-

Six-month Euroyen LIBOR futures

6,317

301

736.7%

-

  The total trading volume of Exchange Forex Margin contracts (Click 365) was 7,034,516 decreasing 33.2% in comparison to that of the prior year comparable month, and increasing 9.8% in comparison to that of the prior month, and the average daily trading volume was 334,975 . See the TABLE 2 for the composition of the trading volumes.

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

7,034,516

334,975

9.8%

-33.2%

USD/JPY

1,124,012

53,524

47.0%

-57.9%

EUR/JPY

2,021,251

96,250

1.8%

22.4%

GBP/JPY

388,290

18,490

1.0%

-68.7%

AUD/JPY

1,958,403

93,257

28.0%

-31.5%

CHF/JPY

39,959

1,903

-16.5%

-69.9%

CAD/JPY

29,911

1,424

24.1%

-73.2%

NZD/JPY

409,361

19,493

87.2%

-26.0%

EUR/USD

505,585

24,075

-43.7%

-21.9%

GBP/USD

30,757

1,465

-11.9%

-64.6%

Other Currency Pairs

526,987

25,094

1.5%

-8.5%




  The total trading volume of Exchange Equity Index Margin contracts (Kabu 365) was 147,107 increasing 47.0% in comparison to that of the prior year comparable month, and increasing 163.7% in comparison to that of the prior month, and the average daily trading volume was 7,005 . See the TABLE 3 for the composition of the trading volumes.

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

147,107

7,005

163.7%

47.0%

Nikkei 225 Margin contracts

136,695

6,509

204.6%

66.5%

DAX® Margin contracts

7,818

372

-10.8%

89.4%

FTSE 100 Margin contracts

1,827

87

13.8%

-85.5%

FTSE China 25 Margin contracts

767

37

40.5%

-38.9%

The total trading volume was 7,608,092 , decreasing 33.0% in comparison to that of the prior year comparable month, and increasing 13.4% in comparison to that of the prior month, and the average daily trading volume was 362,288 .

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