Osaka Securities Exchange: Trading Overview For Year 2010 & December 2010

OSE announced trading overview (preliminary estimates) in Year 2010 & December 2010.

Topics

1. Total trading volume of derivatives in 2010 was 196,301,932 units (year-on-year increase of 18.2%), which hit a record high for the 6th consecutive year. (The trading volume of OSE-FX is a quick quote by the date of December 29.)
2. Annual trading volume of Nikkei 225 mini in 2010 was 125,113,769 units (year-on-year increase of 19.5%), which exceeded 100 million units for the second consecutive year and hit a record high for the 4th consecutive year.
3. Annual trading volume of Nikkei 225 Options in 2010 was 43,791,011 units, (year-on-year increase of 25.2%), which hit a record high for the 8th consecutive year.
4. Annual trading volume during the evening session was 33,347,083 units (year-on-year increase of 72.6%). The trading volume ratio to the morning & afternoon session was 21.1%, which exceeded 20% for the first time.
5. Trading volume of OSE-FX in December was 607,459 units (a quick quote by the date of December 29), and the annual trading volume was 4,522,477 units.
6. Trading value of JASDAQ in 2010 was 4,904.7 billion yen, which increased by 18.4% from the previous year.

Please refer to the following file for more details.

Trading Overview in Year 2010 & December 2010