Tokyo Financial Exchange To Publish Markit iTraxx Japan Index Price Data

Tokyo Financial Exchange Inc. (TFX) today announced that it will publish Markit iTraxx Japan Index price data on it’s website (http://www.j-cds.com/en/markit_itraxx.html) from July 27, 2009.

TFX has previously contributed to the development of the Japanese credit markets by publishing Credit Default Swap (CDS) Reference Rates on it’s website. By publishing data on the Markit iTraxx Japan Index, TFX hopes to provide a convenient and valuable source of data for the benchmark credit index.

TFX, as a comprehensive financial derivatives exchange, will continue to strive to contribute to the development of the Japanese financial markets.