In July 2006 OSE launched their newest futures contract the Nikkei 225 mini which is one tenth of the size of the original Nikkei 225 Futures contract and highly popular among Japanese individual investors. In September 2007 OSE established evening session for Stock Index Futures and Options.The trading hours is from 16:30 to 19:00 (JST. 7:30-10:00 in UTC).[2]
In July 2012 a planned merger with the Tokyo Stock Exchange was approved by the Japan Fair Trade Commission.[3] Today, despite its name, trading for Osaka Stock Exchange takes place in Tokyo.