Kabu April Volumes See Futures and Options Up Yet FX and CFD Trading Down

[kreslik.news]

The Japan-based online broker Kabu.com, a subsidiary of Japanese financial conglomerate Mitsubishi UFJ (MUFJ), today released its preliminary April trading metrics showing some mixed statistics – compared to March – and despite the two fewer trading days last month, according to information updated on the firm’s website.

Futures and Options trading at Kabu increased in April to ¥106 billion (roughly $990m converted using today’s rates) and up by ¥7b yen month-over-month (MoM) from ¥99b reported in March, and the company added 267 new accounts bringing its total in that segment to 31,638 accounts for last month.

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