1995 – Trading in "Nikkei 300 Stock Index fund" started January 1996 – "New Market", a system with "Issues listed under alternative listing criteria", introduced April 1996 – Nikkei 300 Futures Inter-month Spread Trading started October 1996 – Foreign stock market established May 1997 – Nikkei 225 Futures Inter-month Spread Trading started July 1997 – Equity Options Trading started December 8, 1997 – Trading floor for stocks closed and shifted completely to a computer assisted trading system December 1997 – Cross Trading System (for large block trades, execution at closing price and basket trades) started June 1998 – Trading in Sector Index Futures and Options started(Trading of these products was ceased on November 30, 2000.) December 1998 – New Market Section established January 1999 – J-NET Market opened March 1999 – The "Securities Transaction Tax" and "Exchange Tax" abolished June 1999 – A license contract for the use of SPAN with Chicago Mercantile Exchange concluded July 1999 – The Exchange obtained a No-Action Letter from the US Securities and Exchange (SEC) for Nikkei 225 Options, Nikkei 300 Options and Equity Options July 1999 – Full computerization of trading at the OSE was completed October 1999 – OSE ED-NET, an electronic disclosure network system established November 1999 – A clearing organization method introduced November 1999 – Non-Auction Large Block Trades for Stock Index Futures and Options started December 1999 – An agreement to establish the NASDAQ Japan Market announced February 2000 – private finance initiative (PFI) market established May 2000 – Nasdaq Japan Market established June 2000 – Trading on Nasdaq Japan Market started August 2007 – Gold-Price-Linked exchange-traded fund is listed in OSE (The first case in Japanese Market, besides stock exchange traded fund). September 2007 – Introduction of Evening Session for all the Stock Index Futures and Options October 2007 – SSE50-Linked exchange-traded fund is listed in OSE (The first case treated foreign Stock market index in Japanese Market, besides stock exchange traded fund). July 2012 – Japan Fair Trade Commission approved OSE's planned merger with the Tokyo Stock Exchange January 2013 – OSE, TSE merged into the . See also List of East Asian stock exchanges List of stock exchanges References External links Corporate profile Japan Exchange Group Economy of Japan Stock exchanges in Japan Companies based in Osaka Prefecture Financial services companies established in 1878 Japanese companies established in 1878 Neoclassical architecture in Japan 2011 mergers and