The latest data of the China Futures Association show that the total net profit of the 150 futures companies in April was nearly 600 million yuan, an increase of 22.44 percent over the same period last year, but dropped sharply by 45.75 percent compared with the same period last year. At the same time, the total net profit of the 150 futures companies in the first four months was nearly 3 billion yuan, which was also lower than that of the same period last year. A number of industry insiders said that the trading volume of the whole market declined in April compared with the previous month, and the overall operation of futures companies also declined to varying degrees, such as net capital, operating income and fee income, which directly led to a decline in the overall net profit of futures companies compared with the same period last year, but still achieved good growth compared with the same period last year, reflecting that the overall development of the industry is still in a good situation. At the same time, based on the expectation of the expansion of customers' rights and interests and trading volume this year, the operation of futures companies for the whole year is still relatively optimistic. (Securities Daily)