TOCOM Foreign Customer Trades Ratio Rises To 46.8% Of Total Volume in December - Renewed

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc announced today that the December 2014 monthly volume of customer trades (combined sell & buy orders) originating overseas accounted for 46.8 percent of the total trades, which renewed the all-time high ratio in two consecutive months.

The volume of foreign customer trades and its proportion in the total trades on TOCOM markets started increasing significantly after the launch of the current trading platform and night session in May 2009. It has gone from 11 percent to 46.8 percent in the past five years.

TOCOM Trades Originating Overseas (January 2010-December 2014)