The Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) today reported its volumes for the month ending September 2017, showing a notable advance across its exchange traded margin FX contracts, called Click365, according to a TFX statement.
The Japanese bourse said trading volumes of its listed foreign exchange contract came in at 2,592,403 during September 2017, underpinning a gain of 8.1 percent month-over-month from 2,398,495 contracts in August 2017. Across a yearly time-frame, Click365’s contracts showed a weaker performance with a loss of 19.2 percent year-on-year from September 2016.
TFX saw a daily average of 123,447 contracts across its Click365 platform during September 2017, compared to 104,282 contracts in August 2017, an improvement of 18.4 percent.
In terms of Click365’s trading composition in September 2017, the most widely utilized currency pair was again the USD/JPY, which saw its volumes rising to 916,167 contracts, up 9.6 percent month-on-month, but down 20.1 percent year-on-year.
Other pairs of note include the GBP/USD, which saw its contracts explode by margins of 111.7 percent year-over-year. GBP/JPY volumes illustrated a strong rebound from the month prior, up 19.4% percent from August, but were still 55.0% lower year-on-year.
EUR/USD turnover dropped 8.8 percent over the previous month and 17.4 percent year-on-year. EUR/JPY volumes tanked to just 177,675 contracts, plunging 8.0 percent over the last month, but were offset by a yearly advance of 4.5 percent year-on-year.
Finally, Click Kabu 365’s Equity Index Daily Futures trading volumes were estimated at 607,285 contracts, down by 15.3 percent from the previous August, compounded by a yearly drop of 50.2 percent across its Interest Rate Futures contracts.
