Bahrain Financial Exchange Successfully Completes Six Months Of Trading - The Cumulative (Single-Side) Trading Turnover On The BFX Futures Market Increased To USD 3.68 Billion With A Trading Volume Of 77,076 Contracts During The First Six Months Since Its Launch On The 23rd Of November 2011

The Bahrain Financial Exchange (BFX), the first multi-asset international financial exchange in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, proudly announces the successful completion of six months of trading on the BFX Futures markets with the cumulative (single-side) trading turnover on the BFX Futures increasing to USD 3.68 billion (for the period between 23^rd Nov 2011 and 25^th May 2012) – the cumulative trading volume reaching 77,076 contracts. The highest (single-side) daily trading turnover was USD 224.74 million, with a trading volume of 4,535 contracts achieved on the 16^th of May 2012.