Tokyo Financial Exchange Trading Volume In October 2008

In October 2008, the trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures was 1,340,156, decreasing 49.5% in comparison to that of the prior year comparable month, and decreasing 22.8% in comparison to that of the prior month, and the average daily volume was 60,916. The trading volume of Options on Three-month Euroyen futures was 53,312, decreasing 84.8% in comparison to that of the prior year comparable month, and increasing 10.5% in comparison to that of the prior month. The trading volumes for the put options and call options are 22,914 and 30,398, respectively, and the average daily volume was 2,423.

The total trading volume of Exchange Forex Margin contracts (Click 365) was 5,884,326, increasing 108.5% in comparison to that of the prior year comparable month, and increasing 7.1% in comparison to that of the prior month, and the average daily trading volume was 259,134. The composition of the trading volume was as follows.

USD/JPY 1,240,262, EUR/JPY 1,180,914, GBP/JPY 1,019,912, AUD/JPY 1,855,342, CHF/JPY 35,128, CAD/JPY 91,344, NZD/JPY 440,385, ZAR/JPY 5,340, NOK/JPY 109, HKD/JPY 346, SEK/JPY 146, PLN/JPY 1,871, EUR/USD 6,184, GBP/USD 3,344, GBP/CHF 49, USD/CHF 470, USD/CAD 440, AUD/USD 1,687, EUR/CHF 106, EUR/GBP 166, NZD/USD 344, EUR/AUD 340, GBP/AUD 97

The trading volume of the exchange total was 7,277,794, increasing 24.8% in comparison to that of the prior year comparable month, and increasing 0.0% in comparison to that of the prior month, and the average daily trading volume was 322,473.