The Tokyo Commodity Exchange announced today that May 2019 average daily volume was 70,412 contracts, up 2.3% from April and down 25.4% from May 2018. Volume increased for some of TOCOM’s most active contracts, such as Gold Standard, which grew 0.9% from April to 24,350 contracts, and Dubai Crude Oil, which increased 14.5% to 11,771 contracts. Gold Mini was up 2.7% to 2,190 contracts. There was softness in the Gold Rolling Spot contract, which decreased 9.5% to 3,879 contracts, and Platinum Standard fell 7.5% to 15,969 contracts.
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