JPX Witnesses Monthly Dip of 37.1% in Derivatives Trading Value for February 2023

Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (JPX) today released its trading overview for February 2023, seeing a significant decline in total derivatives trading value for the month.

Cash Equity Market

• In February 2023, the daily average trading value for the Prime Market (domestic common stocks) was JPY 3.1564 trillion, up 4.7% compare with JPY 3.0134 trillion in the prior month.

• The daily average trading value for the ETF market was JPY 164.4 billion,down 22.0% compared to JPY 210.8 billion in January 2023.

Derivatives Market

• In February 2023, total derivatives trading volume was 22,236,443 contracts, down 7.7% compared to January’s 24,087,206 contracts.

• Total derivatives trading value for the month reached JPY 166 trillion, down 37.1% compared to JPY 194 trillion in the previous month.

• Trading volume for the night session and the ratio of the night session for February were 9,201,596 contracts and 41.4%. While the metrics in the prior month were 10,097,209 contracts and 41.9%.

• Total trading volume of the holiday trading on February 23 was 352,578 contracts. While in January 2023, the total trading volume of the holiday trading on January 3 was 518,979 contracts.