LIFFE traded 11,701,629 futures and options contracts during March 2000 representing an average daily volume of 508,766 contracts, up 3% on February and 19% on January 2000.
LIFFE's Chief Executive, Hugh Freedberg said, "LIFFE's flagship Euribor contract continues to grow and is up 45% year-on-year. Trading in equity products has increased, with the FTSE 100 index futures volume up 22% year-on-year and equity options up 23% year on year."
The Following daily and monthly records were set in March: FTSE 100 Index Future set a new daily record of 106,133 contracts on 16 March (previous daily record of 105,666 set on 13 March 2000). FTSE Eurotop 100 Index Future set a new daily record of 7,434 contracts on 13 March (previous daily record of 3,429 set on 2 July 1999).
MSCI Pan-Euro Index Future set a new daily record of 4,695 contracts on 3 March (previous daily record of 2,300 set on 1 June 1999). Euribor Future set a new monthly record trading 5,216,618 contracts in March (previous monthly record of 4,692,471 was set in February 2000.
