Corporate History
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| 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 (listing discontinued in October, 2010) |
| 1999 | July | Oil market launched, gasoline and kerosene listed |
| 2001 | September | Crude oil listed |
| 2003 | January | 2nd generation electronic trading platform introduced |
| June | In-house clearing house established T + 1 (one day after transaction) settlement introduced |
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Connection to ISVs started for facilitating the order placement from overseas | |
| September | Gas oil listed (listing discontinued in February, 2006) | |
| 2004 | May | Gold options launched |
| December | Complete liberalization of brokerage commissions Auction trading floor abolished |
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| 2005 | May | Revised Commodity Exchange Act enforced Japan Commodity Clearing House Co., Ltd. commenced operations |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| April | Established Emissions Trading Exchange Preparatory Corporation Inc. in collaboration with Tokyo Stock Exchange Group, Inc. | |
| May | Re-opened Gas Oil futures market | |
| September | Extended trading hours until 4:00 am (Rubber excluded) Introduced Customer Direct Access |
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| October | Chukyo Gasoline and Chukyo Kerosene launched Japan Commodity Clearing House Co., Ltd. becoming TOCOM's subsidiary |
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| 2011 | January | SPAN margin introduced at Japan Commodity Clearing House Co., Ltd. |
