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Trading Volume in April 2012

(1 May 2012)

 The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures was 312,394 decreasing 15.3% in comparison to that of the previous year comparable month, and decreasing 16.6% in comparison to that of the previous month, and the daily average was 15,620 .

[TABLE 1]
Items
April 2012
Trading Volume
Daily Average
Change on Previous Month
Year on Year Change
Total of Interest Rate Futures contracts

313,195

15,660

-16.8%

-15.1%

3-month Euroyen futures

312,394

15,620

-16.6%

-15.3%

Options on 3-month Euroyen futures

-

-

-

-

Put

-

-

-

-

Call

-

-

-

-

Six-month Euroyen LIBOR futures

801

40

-57.9%

-

  The total trading volume of FX Daily Futures contracts (Click 365) was 5,338,171 decreasing 62.7% in comparison to that of the previous year comparable month, and decreasing 28.6% in comparison to that of the previous month, and the daily average was 254,255 . See the TABLE 2 for the composition of the trading volume.

[TABLE 2]
Items
April 2012
Trading Volume
Daily Average
Change on Previous Month
Year on Year Change
Click 365

5,338,171

254,255

-28.6%

-62.7%

USD/JPY

1,005,539

47,883

-42.7%

-71.9%

EUR/JPY

1,250,607

59,553

-20.9%

-58.0%

GBP/JPY

417,429

19,878

-23.0%

-71.2%

AUD/JPY

1,613,616

76,839

-24.8%

-64.3%

CHF/JPY

33,672

1,603

-4.9%

-72.1%

CAD/JPY

46,210

2,200

-22.0%

-55.8%

NZD/JPY

326,492

15,547

-34.7%

-45.9%

EUR/USD

250,359

11,922

-17.7%

-37.2%

GBP/USD

28,008

1,334

-8.1%

-57.2%

Other Currency pairs

366,239

17,496

-30.3%

-28.7%




  The total trading volume of Equity Index Daily Futures contracts (Kabu 365) was 171,632 increasing 139.0% in comparison to that of the previous year comparable month, and increasing 19.6% in comparison to that of the previous month, and the daily average was 8,211 . See the TABLE 3 for the composition of the trading volume.

[TABLE 3]
Items
April 2012
Trading Volume
Daily Average
Change on Previous Month
Year on Year Change
Kabu 365

171,632

8,211

-19.6%

139.0%

Nikkei 225 Daily Futures contract

164,429

7,830

-20.6%

200.7%

DAX® Daily Futures contract

5,079

267

14.5%

17.2%

FTSE 100 Daily Futures contract

1,313

69

-6.0%

-88.2%

FTSE China 25 Margin contracts

811

45

29.1%

-49.8%

The total trading volume was 5,822,998 , decreasing 60.6% in comparison to that of the previous year comparable month, and decreasing 27.8% in comparison to that of the previous month, and the daily average was 278,126 .

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