Summary Of July 2009 Activities At TOCOM

In July 2009, TOCOM monthly trading volume decreased by 213,084 contracts or 8.8% compared to June 2009, to amount to a total of 2,213,006 contracts, while the average daily trading volume decreased by 9,686 to amount to a total of 100,591 contracts.

Trading in Crude Oil and Gasoline increased by 20% compared to the previous month, but the decrease in trades in the Precious Metals contracts pushed the overall volume down. The Gold market experienced active buying to hedge against inflation, but trading decreased by 15% on a monthtomonth basis as the price fell from the 2,900 yen range at the beginning of the month to the 2,600 yen range in midJuly. Trading volume of Platinum fell by 24% compared to June.

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