Following a solid December at the Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX), January brought further recovery in trading volumes at the venue in both monthly and annual terms.
TFX saw Click 365 total trading volumes, that is, the volume of Exchange FX Margin contracts, reach 4,331,133, up 22.9% from December 2015 levels and up 19.8% from January 2015 levels. Note the positive comparison in annual terms, as last January was marked by increased FX market volatility and the volume results registered back then are pretty hard to beat.
The three most traded currency contracts through Click 365 in January 2016 were USD/JPY, AUD/JPY and GBP/JPY. The steepest month-on-month rise in trading volumes was marked by AUD/JPY (+109%).
Combined trading volume for all TFX products was 5,446,907, up 26.5% from December 2015 levels and up 18.9% from January 2015. The average daily trading volume was 273,104.
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