Buenos Aires Futures Exchange Monthly Report For September 2000.

The Mercado a Término de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Futures Exchange) traded 16,193 contracts in September 2000 compared to a figure of 17,022 contracts in September 1999. Total volume for the first nine months of 2000 was 188,391 contracts, compared to 177,705 contracts in 1999.

In September 2000 11,651 futures contracts were traded, compared to 11,754 in 1999. There were 4,542 option contracts traded in 2000, compared to 5,268 in 1999.

Open interest on the last trading day of September 2000 was 33,123. Open interest for futures was 18,090 contracts and for options, 15,033.