Tokyo Stock Exchange: ETF/ETN Monthly Report For July 2013 - Continued Vibrancy Pushes The ETF/ETN Market To Its Third Highest Monthly Trading Value On Record

Date 09/08/2013

Trading in the ETF/ETN market continued to be active in July. Monthly trading value reached about 1.67 trillion yen with daily average of about 76 billion yen.
A monthly decline in the trading value of the ETF/ETN market did not affect the popularity of leveraged and inverse ETFs among investors. Trading of "NEXT FUNDS Nikkei 225 Leveraged Index ETF (1570)" remained robust with trading value in excess of 800 billion yen. The trading value of "Nikkei 225 Bull 2x ETF (1579)," which was newly listed in May, also rose significantly from last month.
Investors were drawn to certain issues, such as "NEXT NOTES HSI Leveraged ETN (2031)" whose trading value was boosted significantly by the rising Hang Seng Index.

ETF/ETN Monthly Report for Jul 2013