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FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

Taiwan Futures Exchange April 2003 Trading Statistics

Date 06/05/2003

22 trading days
Average daily trading volume (futures & options): 94,444 contracts

Contract Volume Month-end Open Interest
TAIEX Futures  489,324  20,895
TE Futures  69,150  3,916
TF Futures  71,457  4,248
Mini-TAIEX Futures 118,254  5,652
TAIEX Options 1,309,214  233,048
Equity Options  20,374  12,866
Total 2,077,773  280,625

TAIEX Futures: Taiwan Stock Exchange Capitalization Weighted Stock Index Future, contract inception since July 21, 1998

TE Futures: Taiwan Stock Exchange Electronic Sector Index Futures, contract inception since July 21, 1999

TF Futures: Taiwan Stock Exchange Banking & Insurance Sector Index Futures, contract inception since July 21, 1999

Mini-TAIEX Futures: Mini version of the Taiwan Stock Exchange Capitalization Weighted Stock Index Future Contract inception since April 9, 2001

TAIEX Options: Taiwan Stock Exchange Capitalization Weighted Stock Index Options, contract inception since December 24, 2001

Equity Options: Options (calls and puts) contracts on individual stocks, contract inception since Monday, January 20th, 2003. The underlying of the contracts are five stocks that currently listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSEC), including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd (TSMC), United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), China Steel Corporation (China Steel), Fubon Financial Holdings Co. Ltd (Fubon Financial), and Nan Ya Plastic (NPC)