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Euronext.liffe Derivatives Trading Grew By 25% In First Half Of 2002

Date 03/07/2002

Euronext.liffe, the derivatives business of Euronext, announced today that derivatives trading for the first half of 2002 grew by 25% to 353 million contracts over the same period in 2001.

Trading for the month of June, at almost 58 million contracts, was up 13% on June 2001. Average daily volume on Euronext.liffe, at over 2.9 million contracts during June, represents an underlying nominal daily value of over €660 billion.

Volume in all equity-based derivatives, at over 260 million contracts, was up 43% on the same period in 2001. Futures and options on individual equities were up 73%. Euronext.liffe's short term interest rate products traded a total of 83 million contracts in the first half of the year, up by 11% on the first half of 2001.

Total open interest stood at 104 million contracts on 28 June 2002, up 49% on the end of June 2001.

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