The Japan Index is a modified price-weighted index that measures the aggregate performance of 210 common stocks that are actively traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and representative of a broad cross section of Japanese industry. The Index, denominated in U.S. dollars, is calculated once a day and disseminated before the opening of trading based on closing prices of the component stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The minimum trade size is one option contract. The Saturday following the third Friday of the expiration month. Limited Exercise of Options European style.
Writers are subject to assignment only at expiration.
If the Index is below 200, the interval will be 2 points. Option Premium Quotations Stated in dollars and cents. Settlement Next New York business day following expiration. Position Limits 25,000 contracts on the same side of the market, provided that no more than 15,000 of such contracts are in the nearest expiration month series. Real Estate Co. Ltd. Mitsubishi Materials Corporation Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd. Tokyo Electron Ltd. Hino Motors Ltd. Mitsubishi Paper Mills Ltd.