For the first nine months of 2001, 75,387,720 equity options contracts traded, a 65% increase over the same year-ago period when 45,562,006 contracts traded.
Sector index options trading volume was 359,933 in September, up 15% from the same year-ago period when 312,776 contracts traded.
For the first nine months of 2001, 3,685,663 sector index options traded, a 35% increase over the same year-ago period when 2,728,053 contracts traded.
PHLX currently lists options on eleven sectors: PHLX/KBW Bank Sector (BKX); Computer Box Maker Sector (BMX); Drug Sector (RXS); Forest and Paper Products Sector (FPP); Gold/Silver Sector (XAU); Oil Service Sector (OSX); OTC Prime Sector (OTX); The Street.com Internet Sector (DOT); Semiconductor Sector (SOX); Utility Sector (UTY); and Wireless Telecom Sector (YLS).
Equity trading volume was 161,795,103 shares traded in September, a 2% increase over the same year-ago period when 158,662,745 shares traded. For the first nine months of 2001, 1.6 billion shares traded, a 3.49% decline from the same year ago period last year.
Volume in customized and standardized currency options was 36,091 in September a 11 % decline over the same year ago period when 40,741 contracts traded. For the first nine months of 2001, 364,266 contracts traded, a 2.25 % increase over the same year ago period when 356,240 contracts traded.
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange, the nation's first stock exchange, was founded in 1790. The PHLX trades more than 2,200 stocks, 1,016 listed equity options, 11 sectors index options and currency pairs. For more information about the PHLX and its products, visit www.phlx.com.
Please note the equity option figures reflect the two-week period of September 17th to September 28th when the American Stock Exchange traded equity options on the floor of The Philadelphia Stock Exchange.
