Date：March 4, 2015
Source: Financial Times

According to latest statistics from the China Futures Association (CFA), the trading scale of China’s futures market in February decreased on a monthly basis. Based on calculation on one side of the transactions, the volume and the turnover of China’s futures market in February were 159,699,316 contracts and RMB26.572385 trillion, up by 29.23% and 84.81% year on year as well as down by 39.18% and 40.65% month on month, respectively. The volume and the turnover of China’s futures market from January to February were 422,295,533 contracts and RMB71.341533 trillion, up by 51.57% and 118.14% year on year, respectively.
Statistics show that the volume and the turnover of Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) in February were 40,304,086 contracts and RMB3.255022 trillion (accounting for 25.24% and 12.25% respectively of the national market), down by 10.24% and 17.56% year on year as well as down by 54.07% and 47.01% month on month, respectively. By the end of February, SHFE’s open interest totaling 2,543,057 contracts had decreased by 8.6% compared with that at the end of January.
The volume and the turnover of Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE) in February were 57,970,170 contracts and RMB1.740769 trillion (accounting for 36.30% and 6.55% respectively of the national market), up by 87.19% and 53.22% year on year as well as down by 25.9% and 21.69% month on month, respectively. By the end of February, ZCE’s open interest totaling 3,319,331 million contracts had increased by 10.08% compared with that at the end of January.
The volume and the turnover of Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) in February were 42,213,609 contracts and RMB1.64734 trillion (accounting for 26.43% and 6.2% respectively of the national market), up by 13.86% and down by 23.12% year on year as well as down by 35.04% and 35.84% month on month, respectively. By the end of February, DCE’s open interest totaling 4,264,920 contracts had dropped by 1.66% compared with that at the end of January.
The volume and the turnover of China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX) in February were 19,211,451 contracts and RMB19.929255 trillion (accounting for 12.03% and 75% respectively of the national market), up by 80.69% and 178.69% year on year as well as down by 39.23% and 41.1% month on month, respectively. By the end of February, CFFEX’s open interest totaling 275,710 contracts had increased by 15.8% compared with that at the end of January.