The volume of trading in equity options at Amsterdam Exchanges’ options market in August 2000 was up 45% on the same month last year, while premium turnover rose by as much as 60% over the same period. In total, almost 38 million options and futures contracts have been traded so far this year.
Turnover at Amsterdam Exchanges’ stock market also continues to rise sharply. Trading in shares in 2000 is up almost 70% compared to the figures for the first eight months of 1999. Moreover, a total of 17 million share transactions had been concluded by the end of August, an increase of 73% on the same period last year.
August again proved to be a good month for IT shares. The Amsterdam Informatie Technologie Sector index (AISX) has risen by 80% in the space of a single year, while the European index for IT companies, the FTSE Eurotop Information Technology Sector index (EISX), has jumped 160% over the same period.
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