Buenos Aires Futures Exchange Monthly Report For January 2001.

The Mercado a Término de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Futures Exchange) traded 17,101 contracts in January 2001 compared to a figure of 17,648 contracts in January 2000.

In January 2001 12,487 futures contracts were traded, compared to 11,168 in 2000. There were 4,614 option contracts traded in January 2001, compared to 6,480 in 2000.

Open interest on the last trading day of January 2001 was 31,856. Open interest for futures was 16,744 contracts and for options, 15,112.