Japan Exchange Group Inc is a holding company group of financial instruments exchanges, which provides everything from the listing of securities and derivatives to the provision of trading venues, clearing and settlement services, and index and information services. It operates its business through the Financial Instruments Exchange Business segment. The cash market consists mainly of the equity market. The derivatives market offers index futures, index options, government bond futures, options on government bond futures, options on securities futures, and commodity futures. Auction hours are scheduled to be during the daytime, as well as in the evening and nighttime hours. The information service distributes information such as contract prices related to securities trading and derivative transactions in real time as they occur or change and others. It also provides trading systems, self-regulatory functions, clearing and settlement, and other services.