This is a 52 percent increase from last year, according to a DGCX statement.

It said June witnessed the highest ever-monthly volume of 268,390 contracts, valued at $12.96 billion, an increase of 40 percent from last year.

DGCX achieved numerous volume records with average daily volume up 40 percent year-on-year to stand at 12,200 contracts, worth $589 million, another all-time record and the highest ever Average Daily Total Open Interest of 10,943 contracts in June.

June volumes were driven largely by a surge in currency trading.

Both first-half and June volumes in the currency segment hit all-time records.

First-half currency volumes rose 80 percent to reach 1,105,673 contracts while June currency volumes grew 119 percent to aggregate 231,064 contracts.

DGCX India Rupee futures sustained its growth momentum to trade 204,609 contracts — a new monthly volume record.

DGCX CEO Eric Hasham said: “The volume records that DGCX has set in June cap an excellent six months for the exchange in 2011. The robust trading growth that we have achieved over the first half of the year augurs well for a strong annual performance. We look forward to consolidating our growth in the second half of the year.”

Among other currency contracts, Australian dollar, Canadian dollar and Swiss franc futures registered first-half volumes of 16,454, 3,543 and 14,625 contracts.

In June, they grew 303 percent, 42 percent and 470 percent year-on-year to record monthly volumes of 2,827, 757 and 2,683 contracts.

Sterling/dollar, euro/dollar and yen/dollar futures achieved H1 volumes of 56,185, 78,833 and 8,828 contracts.

DGCX’s precious metals products have shown increased participation on last year.

H1 volumes of DGCX Gold futures climbed six percent to reach 255,724 contracts valued at $11.88 billion, while Silver rose 69 percent to reach 29,781 contracts.

The WTI crude futures monthly volume, meanwhile, grew nine percent in June to reach 4,560 contracts valued at $441 million.

Established in 2005, DGCX is the region’s first derivatives exchange and plays a pioneering role in developing the regional market for derivatives.