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FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

TOPIX Futures Daily Trading Volume Sets Record High

Date 06/12/2005

Trading volume on TOPIX futures contract (all contracts) sets a daily record-high, 559,027 contracts, today (December 6, 2005 ).

Ranking

date

Daily Trading Volume

1

Dec.6, 2004

559,027(SP;154,790 off-auction ; 347,092)

2

Sep. 7, 2005

519,941 (SP; 175,318 off-auction ; 309,098)

3

Mar.10, 2004

403,872 (SP ; 98,928 off-auction ; 266,711)

4

Dec. 8, 2004

402,887 (SP ; 97,052 off-auction ; 274,286)

5

Mar. 8, 2005

401,992 (SP ; 125,640 off-auction ; 238,733)

* SP : Inter- month Spread Trading