Summary Of December 2013 Activities At Tokyo Commodity Exchange - TOCOM December 2013 Volume Averaged 78,534 Contracts Per Day, Up 5.1%, 2013 Annual Volume Totaled 26,845,712 Contracts, Up 5.4%

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange announced today that December 2013 trading volume averaged 78,534 contracts per day, up 5.1% from November 2013. Average daily volume increased for most commodities, such as Gold, which was up 13.2% to 30,071 contracts; Rubber, which was up 12% to 9,086 contracts; and the four agricultural commodities, which were collectively up 70.6% to 2,442 contracts. In contrast, Crude Oil was down 7.1% to 3,605 contracts and Platinum was down 7% to 12,521 contracts. 

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