In the capital market products, trading in the Bund future at Eurex in April topped the previous year’s figure by 27 percent, with some 13.8 million contracts traded. In the Bobl future, Eurex achieved a very good result for the month with about 7.8 million contracts traded, more than double the number traded in April last year. The third-highest volume was also posted in the Schatz future, with 7.6 million contracts traded in April, more than triple the April 2000 figure. In stock options trading, Eurex set a new record with 12.3 million contracts changing hands (previous record: 11.8 million in March 2001), putting it 96 percent ahead of the number traded in April last year. In the international stock options, trading in options on Nokia was again especially successful; with some 1.2 million contracts traded, the derivatives market set another new record (previous record: 1 million in March 2001), more than seven times the number traded in this product at Eurex in April 2000. Eurex is continuing to expand its position as the leading platform for European stock options with a steady line of successes in this segment.
Eurex also achieved very good results in the index products with some 8.6 million contracts traded in this segment. In derivatives on the DAX, turnover came to roughly 4.4 million. In derivatives on the Dow Jones Euro-STOXX 50, Eurex turned over more than 3.1 million contracts; about 1.9 million of these contracts were futures and 1.2 million of them options. Compared with April 2000, turnover increased 195 percent in the options and 144 percent in the futures.
