Date: May 2, 2013
Source: Futures Daily

　　Affected by the continuous drop of global bulk commodity prices, the turnover and volume of China’s futures market in April have both fallen. Based on calculation on one side of the transactions, the volume of China’s futures market in April exceeds 175 million contracts and the turnover exceeds RMB21.6 trillion, up by 173.19% and 128.03% respectively year-on-year and down by 4.54% and 11.82% respectively month-on-month.
　　According to statistics of China Futures Association, the accumulative volume of China’s futures market from January to April is 628,297,518 contracts and the cumulative turnover RMB82,027.335 billion, up by 138.83% and 99.11% respectively on a year-on-year basis.
　　The volume of Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) in April is 49,553,280 contracts and its turnover is RMB4,730.665 billion, taking up 28.30% and 21.86% in the national market, which has increased by 247.31% and 88.00% respectively year-on-year and by 7.97% and 24.73% respectively month-on-month. SHFE’s total open interest at the end of April is 1,605,658 contracts, up by 3.95% compared with the end of last month.
　　The volume of Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE) in April is 47,020,993 contracts and its turnover is RMB1,674.821 billion, taking up 26.86% and 7.74% in the national market, which has increased by 247.75% and 110.00% respectively year-on-year and dropped by 13.53% and 16.29% respectively month-on-month. ZCE’s total open interest at the end of April is 1,483,791 contracts, up by 5.84% compared with the end of last month.
　　The volume of Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) in April is 64,087,799 contracts and its turnover is RMB 4,519.012 billion, taking up 36.60% and 20.89% in the national market, which has increased by 111.94% and 201.18% respectively year-on-year and dropped by 1.27% and 2.36% respectively month-on-month. DCE’s total open interest at the end of April is 2,953,287 contracts, up by 2.70% compared with the end of last month.
　　The volume of China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX) in April is 14,426,023 contracts and its turnover is RMB10,712.112 billion, taking up 8.24% and 49.51% in the national market, which has increased by 137.95% and 129.17% respectively year-on-year and dropped by 20.87% and 24.10% respectively month-on-month. CFFEx’s total open interest at the end of April is 99,668 contracts, down by 1.87% compared with the end of last month.