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Eurostoxx 50-linked products generated the largest sales volume for the first week of the New Year - excluding products with unspecified underlying assets, according to the SRP data. A total of 49 products raised roughly US$210 million in sales during the first week of 2019 (1 - 6 January). Among the top five underlying assets in the first week of January, those related to the foreign exchange rate, including JPY/USD exchange rate, accounted for over 30% of the total market share. The data, howe