In the first half of the year, a significant increase of 149%, gold continues to dominate the commodity futures market

According to the latest statistics from the China Futures Association, the trading volume of gold futures in the first half of this year has completely surpassed the total trading volume of last year, with a year-on-year increase of 149%. At the same time, the trading volume of gold options has soared from 28.864 billion yuan in the first half of last year to 101.787 billion yuan in the first half of this year, a year-on-year increase of 252.64%. In the first half of this year, the trading volume of gold futures reached 4.434 billion yuan, accounting for 106.86% of last year's total trading volume of 4.149 billion yuan, completely exceeding last year's total trading volume, with a year-on-year increase of 149%, occupying 13.05% of the total trading volume in the national futures market. At the same time, the trading volume of gold options has also soared from 28.864 billion yuan in the first half of last year to 101.787 billion yuan in the first half of this year, a year-on-year increase of 252.64%. (Securities China)