TFX Click 365 Japan Forex Trading Volume rises 8% MoM in June

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Data released today by the Tokyo Financial Exchange indicated that forex trading volumes were up slightly during the month of June in Japan.

The TFX indicated that the total trading volume of its FX Daily Futures contracts (Click 365) was 2,404,152, up 8.3% versus May but still way down (48.9%) from last year June.

Average daily forex trading volume was 109,279 contracts, up 13% from May’s 96,546.

Mainstay Yen-Dollar trading, which makes up about one third of Click 365 volumes, had a 7.6% volume rise versus May. Also carrying the results were strong Yen-Pound and Yen-Canadian Dollar trading, much of it in the last week of the month, as those currencies soared over the last few days of June.

Trading volumes by instrument at TFX during June:

June   2017
Trading Volume 一Daily Average Change on Previous Month Year on Year Change
Click 365 2,404,152 109,279 8.3% -48.9%
U.S. Dollar-Japanese Yen 770,034 35,002 7.6% -43.9%
South African Rand-Japanese Yen 385,138 17,506 10.3% -7.4%
Turkish Lira -Japanese Yen 282,833 12,856 -0.6% -33.8%
British Pound-Japanese Yen 223,552 10,161 62.8% -71.2%
Euro-Japanese Yen 188,343 8,561 -2.7% -50.0%
Australian Dollar-Japanese Yen 164,137 7,461 -10.3% -71.1%
Euro-U.S. Dollar 87,211 3,964 -3.0% -45.7%
New Zealand Dollar-Japanese Yen 73,336 3,333 1.4% -59.2%
British Pound-U.S. Dollar 55,315 2,514 42.8% -51.8%
Canadian Dollar-Japanese Yen 30,947 1,407 109.9% -10.1%
Other Currency pairs 143,306 6,514 1.2% -47.9%

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