Average daily volume amounted to 2.4 million contracts, representing an underlying nominal daily value of €749 billion. Euronext.liffe's year-to-date volume of 473 million contracts is up 26% on the same period in 2001.
Euronext.liffe maintains its position as the largest equity derivatives exchange in the world, trading 36 million equity product contracts in August and a total of 344 million, year-to-date, an increase of 39% on the same period last year. Equity options grew by 64% year-to-date.
Total open interest stood at 128 million contracts at the close of trading on 30 August 2002.
Note: Euronext derivatives statistics are published under Euronext.liffe comprising the derivatives arms of Euronext Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris and Lisbon together with LIFFE.
