Mondo Visione Worldwide Financial Markets Intelligence

FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

MEFF HOLDING trading exceeds one million contracts in August

Date 07/09/1999

June trading on MEFF Holding reached 1,153,041 contracts, a daily average of 52,805 contracts. MEFF Renta Fija traded 181,859 contracts, daily trading averaged 8,660 contracts. Average daily trading for the year to August stands at 1.641 million euros. On 31 August, the exchange closed with an OI of 23,781 contracts. Of note is the increasing activity of MATIF members trading under the auspices of the Euro-GLOBEX. Their share in daily trading on the BONO 10 has reached 26% of trading in this contract. MEFF Renta Variable traded 971,182 contracts, and trading a daily average of 44,145 contracts. Average daily trading for the year to August stands 2,395 million euros. IBEX-35 futures traded 367,828 contracts in June, a daily average of 16,719 contracts. IBEX-35 options traded 59,410 contracts, a daily average of 2,700 contracts. A total of 543,944 share options were traded in August, an average daily volume of 24,725 contracts. Open interest in Renta Varible at 31 August stood at 2,375,073 contracts, up 14% on last month. The EURIBOR contract, trading on the Euro-GLOBEX platform, traded a total of 191,399 contracts, a daily average of 8,700 contracts. Open interest at the end of the month stood at 101.652 contracts.