London Metal Exchange October 2002 Volume

The London Metal Exchange traded a total of 5,681,338 lots in October 2002. This figure was made up of 5,508,508 lots of futures, 166,119 lots of options and 6,711 lots of TAPOs.

During the year to date, 49,266,394 lots were traded of which 47,302,618 lots were futures, 1,850,250 lots were options and 113,526 lots were TAPOs. In the corresponding period in 2001 48,961,894 lots were traded of which 46,354,652 were futures, 2,497,671 were options and 109,571 were TAPOs.