Buenos Aires Futures Exchange Monthly Report For May 2000.

The Mercado a Término de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Futures Exchange) traded 21,479 contracts in May 2000 compared to a figure of 16,677 contracts in May 1999. Total volume for the first five months of 2000 was 107,511 contracts, compared to 97,257 contracts in 1999.

In May 2000 17,527 futures contracts were traded, compared to 13,789 in 1999. There were 3,952 option contracts traded in 2000, compared to 2,888 in 1999.

Open interest on the last trading day of May 2000 was 24,218. Open interest for futures was 16,737 contracts and for options, 7,481.