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Osaka Securities Exchange Trading Overview - May 2008

Date 03/06/2008

OSE announced trading overview (preliminary estimates) in May 2008.

[Overview]
(1) Derivatives Markets
  (Total of Futures & Options Trading)
  11,799,802 units: Monthly trading volume exceeded 11 mil units for 5 months in a row since the beginning of this year.
  (Nikkei 225 Futures)
  2,377,799 units (evening session 99,820 units: 4.4% of morning & afternoon sessions):
      Recorded the highest monthly trading volume in past Mays.
  (Nikkei 225 mini)
  7,173,007 units (evening session 524,076 units: 7.9% of morning & afternoon sessions):
  Monthly trading volume recorded the highest, and exceeded three times the volume of Nikkei 225 Futures for the first time.
  (Nikkei 225 Options)
  2,234,229 units (evening session 101,930 units: 4.8% of morning & afternoon sessions):
  Recorded the second highest monthly trading volume in past Mays.
(2) Cash Markets
  (1st Section)
  Trading Volume 580,090,000 units
  Trading volume was up 43.9 % from a year earlier.
  (ETFs)
  Trading Volume 15,470,000 units Trading Value 202.5 bil yen
  Trading volume was up 34.2 % from a year earlier.

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Trading Overview in May 2008