Mondo Visione Worldwide Financial Markets Intelligence

FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

Euronext.liffe Trades 653 Million Contracts Year-To-Date

Date 04/12/2002

Euronext.liffe, the derivatives business of Euronext traded a total of 653 million contracts from January to November 2002, up 13% on the same period in 2001. Euronext.liffe has traded €171 trillion worth of business year-to-date.

Euronext.liffe traded 54 million contracts during the month of November 2002. Average daily volume amounted to 2.6 million contracts, representing an underlying nominal average daily value of €743 billion during November.

Euronext.liffe's equity products traded 461 million contracts year-to-date, up 17% on the same period last year, with individual equity products trading 313 million contracts year-to-date, up 34% on the same period in 2001. Short term interest rate products traded 175 million contracts January to November 2002, an increase of 14% on January to November 2001. Commodity products at Euronext.liffe traded 5.2 million contracts year-to-date, up 20% on the same period in 2001.

Note: Euronext derivatives statistics are published under Euronext.liffe comprising the derivatives arms of Euronext Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris and Lisbon together with LIFFE.