OSE announced trading overview (preliminary estimates) in February 2011.
Topics
- Derivatives trading volume during the former lunch break time (from 11:00 to 12:30) accounted for 5.6% of the total trading volume after the new derivatives trading system "J-GATE" launched.
- Average daily trading volume of Nikkei 225 Options in February was 228,140 units, which recorded the second highest since 263,256 units in May 2010 on a month basis.
- Average daily trading volume of Security Options in February was 11,865 units, which hit a record high level since 13,235 units in May 2004 on a month basis.
- Average daily trading volume of OSE-FX in February was 34,650 units, which recorded the second highest since 35,939 units in November 2010.
- Average daily trading value of JASDAQ in February was 32.29 billion yen, which hit a record high level since 34.364 billion yen in April 2010 for four consecutive months after the market integration.
- Both the trading volume and the trading value of “Simplex WTI ETF” in February marked a record high. The trading volume was 691,014 units, which showed a 215.1% rise over the preceding month. The trading value was 3.852 billion yen, which showed a 220.3% rise over the preceding month.
Also both the trading volume and the trading value of “KOKUSAI S&P500 VIX SHORT-TERM FUTURES INDEX ETF” recorded the highest on a month basis. The trading volume was 158,304 units (54.0% rise), and the trading value was 1.625 billion yen (41.1% rise).
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