On January 8th, the China Futures Association released data showing that from January to December 2025, the cumulative trading volume of the national futures market was 9.074 billion lots, with a cumulative turnover of 76.625 trillion yuan, an increase of 17.4% and 23.74% year-on-year, respectively. Among them, according to the transaction volume statistics, the top three varieties ranked by each commodity futures exchange are silver, gold, and copper from the Shanghai Futures Exchange, PTA (purified terephthalic acid), caustic soda, and glass from the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange, coking coal, palm oil, and soybean meal from the Dalian Commodity Exchange, and lithium carbonate futures, polycrystalline silicon futures, and platinum futures from the Guangzhou Futures Exchange. The trading volume of financial futures options on the China Financial Futures Exchange was 27.427 million lots, accounting for 2.88% of the national market; The transaction volume is 23.87 trillion yuan, accounting for 26.29% of the national market. The top three varieties in terms of transaction amount are CSI 1000 stock index futures, CSI 500 stock index futures and 30-year treasury bond futures. (New Society)