Average daily trading value surges past last month's record high!
- In January, the ETF/ETN market reached a new record high in ADV of about JPY 146 billion. Monthly trading value was at about JPY 2.77 trillion, staying close to last month's high.
- NEXT FUNDS Nikkei 225 Leveraged Index Exchange Traded Fund (1570) accounted for the majority of the trading value. TOPIX Bull 2x ETF (1568) also saw growing activity.
- The market welcomed two new ETFs tracking the JPX-Nikkei Index 400 on January 28 (Tue.). NEXT FUNDS JPX-Nikkei Index 400 Exchange Traded Fund (1591) and Listed Index Fund JPX-Nikkei 400 (1592) both got off to a smooth start. The former ranked 18th in monthly trading value despite being traded for only four days while the latter came in at 25th in the rankings (the table in the attachment only includes the top 20 issues).
ETF/ETN Monthly Report for Jan 2014 |