The overall performance of the IDEM was also strong. The market traded over 2 million contracts, corresponding to a notional value of €78bn. Average daily volumes were about 93,200 contracts, up 19% compared to January 2005. The open interest has reached 2.39 million contracts, up 19% compared to January 2005.
Besides stock options, all other IDEM products delivered a good performance in terms of traded volumes. Compared to January 2005, index futures were up 8% with a daily average of 12,000 standard contracts, index minifutures were up 25% with a daily average of 5,600 standard contracts, index options were up 28% with a daily average of 10,300 standard contracts and stock futures were up 1% with a daily average of 2,000 standard contracts.