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Chi-X Japan Celebrates One Year Anniversary With Continued Growth

Date 03/08/2011

Chi-X® Japan Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of alternative trading venue operator Chi-X Global Inc., today announced its trading results for July 2011. 

For the month of July, which marked the one year anniversary of Chi-X Japan’s launch, turnover on the platform reached ¥530 billion, a new firm record and a 2.8% increase over June 2011. In addition, Chi-X Japan’s July 2011 market share in the Nikkei 225 index constituents increased to 2.79% by value and 2.72% by volume. 

“We are pleased to have achieved a number of key milestones in our first year of operation. We continue to focus on providing our participants with greater trading efficiencies through the introduction of new features, tools and services, such as the Post Only order type we plan to soon roll out,” said Yasuo Hamakake, Representative Director and CTO of Chi-X Japan. 

Chi-X Japan Trading Highlights
  July 2011 June 2011 May 2011
Turnover (JPY) 530 billion 515 billion 392 billion
Trades 636,351 645,289 478,326
Shares Traded 730 million 822 million 629 million
Nikkei 225 Market Share By Value 2.79% 2.41% 1.97%
By Volume 2.72% 2.63% 2.37%
Market share is defined as Chi-X Japan's percentage of Tokyo Stock Exchange's auction market volume/value. Data source Bloomberg