Buenos Aires Futures Exchange Monthly Report For March 2001

The Mercado a Término de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Futures Exchange) traded 20,944 contracts in March 2001 compared to a figure of 25,372 contracts in March 2000.

In March 2001 14,823 futures contracts were traded, compared to 20,026 in 2000. There were 6,121 option contracts traded in March 2001, compared to 5,346 in 2000.

Open interest on the last trading day of March 2001 was 33,955. Open interest for futures was 18,230 contracts and for options, 15,725.