Japan registers 4.9% QoQ increase in OTC Forex volumes in Jul-Sep 2015

The Financial Futures Association of Japan (FFAJ) has just published the statistics of its members for the quarter from July 1, 2015 to September 30, 2015, with the data showing increases in over-the-counter and on-exchange Forex trading volumes.

Domestic exchanges saw 12.04 million FX margin contracts traded in the July-September 2015 quarter, up 18.4% from the result of 10.16 million FX margin contracts traded in the April-June 2015 quarter, which also saw stronger on-exchange volumes than the preceding quarter.

The retail Forex volume on TFX (Click365) for the July-September 2015 quarter was JPY 12.3 trillion, up by more than 5% from the result of JPY 11.7 trillion registered in the April-June quarter.

Over-the-counter margin FX volumes for the July-September 2015 quarter reached JPY 1.497 quadrillion, up 4.9% from the result of JPY 1.426 quadrillion seen in the April-June 2015 quarter.

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