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Tokyo Stock Exchange: Trading Conditions (Outlook & Initial Figures) Fiscal Year 2011

Date 03/04/2012

This report contains trading conditions of the Tokyo Stock Exchange for fiscal year 2011.

1. Highlights

(1) Equity Market

  • [Equities]
    -TOPIX stood at 854.35 at the end of FY2011, a -1.73% (-15.03) decline year-on-year.
    -Trading volume for FY2011 decreased -6.37% to 519.7 billion shares year-on-year.
    -Daily average trading value for March 2012 continued to grow, reached the JPY 1.5 trillion level for the
    first time in a year.
  • [ETF]
    -Trading value for FY2011 fell -10% year-on-year to JPY 2.3 trillion.
    -ETFs linked to Thai and Malaysian stock price indices, as well as covered-call and risk control indices,
    were listed in FY2011. The number of listed issues increased greatly from 101 at the end of FY2010 to
    118 at the close of FY2011.

(2) Derivatives Market

  • [TOPIX Futures]
    -Monthly trading volume for mini-TOPIX futures reached its second highest historical level at 184,837
    contracts (daily average: 8,802 contracts).
    [JGB Futures]
    -Monthly evening trading volume for 10yr JGB futures reached 109,133 contracts (daily average: 5,197
    contracts), surpassing 100,000 contracts for the first time since August 2007.
    -Monthly trading volume for mini-10yr JGB futures reached an all-time high of 7,551 contracts (daily
    average 360 contracts).
    [Options on 10yr JGB Futures]
    -Trading volume for options on 10yr JGB futures for March 2012 was 244,592 contracts, the highest
    figure since May 2009 (247,698 contracts).

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