Corporate History

 

1951 February Tokyo Textile Exchange founded in Nihonbashi Horidome-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
1952 December Tokyo Rubber Exchange founded
1982 February Tokyo Gold Exchange founded
1984 November

Tokyo Textile Exchange merged with the Tokyo Rubber Exchange and the Tokyo Gold Exchange into

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM). TOCOM took on listing rubber, gold, silver and platinum.

1991 April Continuous trading on electronic platform started
1992 August Palladium listed
1997 April Aluminum listed
1999 July Oil market launched, gasoline and kerosene listed
2001 September Crude oil listed
2003 January 2nd generation electronic trading platform introduced
2003 June In-house clearing house established
T + 1 (one day after transaction) settlement introduced
2003 July Connection to ISVs started for facilitating the order placement from overseas
2003 September Gas oil listed (listing discontinued in February, 2006)
2004 May Gold options launched
2004 December Complete liberalization of brokerage commissions
Auction trading floor abolished
2005 May Revised Commodity Exchange Act enforced
Japan Commodity Clearing House Co., Ltd. commenced operations
2005 September EFP transaction introduced in rubber, precious metals and aluminum markets
2006 July Daily publication of TOCOM Index started
2007 July Gold Mini launched
2008 November Platinum Mini launched
2008 December Demutualized from non-profit membership organization to for-profit stock company
2009 May Introduced third generation trading system
Extended trading hours until 11 p.m.(as for rubber until 7 p.m.)
2010 March Started providing Nikkei-TOCOM Commodity Index market, launched Nikkei-TOCOM Commodioty Index futures
2010 April Established Emissions Trading Exchange Preparatory Corporation Inc. in collaboration with Tokyo Stock Exchange Group, Inc.
2010 May Re-opened Gas Oil futures market

 

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