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FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

Taiwan Futures Exchange August 2003 Trading Statistics

Date 04/09/2003

21 trading days
Average daily trading volume (futures & options): 157,308 contracts

Contract     Volume   Month-end Open Interest
TAIEX Futures   715,477  25,646
TE Futures 85,183  5,252
TF Futures  74,574  7,088
Mini-TAIEX Futures   152,667 6,066
Taiwan 50 Futures 680  31
TAIEX Options  2,263,158  278,315
Equity Options   11,768  10,184
TOTAL 3,303,507  332,582

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

Taiwan 50 Futures TSEC Taiwan 50 Index Furures, contract inception since June 30, 2003

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)