Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon, London, New York, Paris, Tokyo, 7 October 2010 – Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc (TSE) and NYSE Liffe today announce that TOPIX Futures will be available for trading on NYSE Liffe from 18 October 2010, making this benchmark index available in both Tokyo and London.
The two exchanges have established a position transfer mechanism so that all NYSE Liffe TOPIX Futures positions at the end of each day will be transferred to the TSE. TOPIX Futures on TSE and NYSE Liffe will be fully fungible, allowing a single, fungible pool of Open Interest to exist in Tokyo.