Tokyo Commodity Exchange today announced that December 2010 trading volume averaged 104,162 contracts per day, down 24.6% from November 2010. This records the first decrease in four months. It was largely affected by the decrease in gold standard, which is TOCOM’s most traded commodity, by 25.1% from the previous month to 45,907 contracts per day, decrease in gold mini by 39.8% to 10,142 contracts per day and decrease in rubber by 26.8% to 14,450 contracts per day. It appears that the recordbreaking surge in gold and rubber prices did not translate in trading volume due to the low volatility and holiday season.
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