In May 2003, cash product transactions saw significant growth of 18,6% year-on-year: almost 12,5 million transactions registered in May have resulted in a total of nearly 62 million transactions on the Euronext electronic central order book since January, an increase of 15,4% year-to-date.
Shares
Among cash products, share trading continues to show a strong growth, up 21% year-on-year, with nearly 12 million transactions in total and 563,000 on a daily average basis. Year-to-date, this trading has increased by 17%, share transactions reaching 58.2 million since the beginning of the year.
Trackers
Trading in Trackers continues to show the strongest growth, up almost 88% year-on-year and 108% year-to-date: 38,250 transactions have been registered in May, a daily average of 1,820, bringing the year-to-date total number of transactions up to 217,150.
Derivatives products
Euronext.liffe, the international derivatives business of Euronext, has traded 57 million futures and options contracts in May 2003, with an average daily volume of 2.6 million contracts.
From January to end-May, Euronext.liffe has traded a total of 288 million contracts.
Short-term interest rate products showed the strongest growth, with 25 million contracts traded during May 2003, up 63% year on year. Open interest in Euronext.liffe's Euribor futures and options contracts broke new records in May, with 7.4 million open positions in Euribor options and 3.25 million open positions in Euribor futures.
Commodity products were up 19% year-to-date. having traded 428,000 contracts during May.
