Tokyo Stock Exchange: Trading Conditions (Outlook & Initial Figures) July 2010

Highlights

(1) Equity Market

• [Equities]

-Though average daily trading value for July fell versus the preceding month, TOPIX rose for the first time since April.

• [ETF]

-"Listed Index Fund Japan Equity (MSCI Japan) (Code: 1544)"was newly listed on July 27th, bringing the total number of listed ETFs to 93.

• [REIT]

-The TSE REIT index gained 5% for the month. Average daily trading value rose slightly versus June.

(2) Derivatives Market

• [Index Futures]

  -Dividend Index Futures (Target indices: Nikkei 225 Dividend Index, TOPIX Dividend Index, TOPIX Core30 Dividend Index) were listed on the 26th.

  -Monthly trading volume for the TOPIX futures evening session reached 15,110 contracts (daily average of 720 contracts), surpassing 10,000 contracts for the 9th consecutive month, a 77% gain on the same period of 2009.

• [JGB Futures]

-On July 22nd, the price reached JPY 142.08, the highest price since August 2003.

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