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Taiwan Futures Exchange February Trading Statistics

Date 03/03/2003

16 trading days

Average daily trading volume (futures & options): 63,742 contracts

The futures and options trading statistics were as follows:

Contract Volume  Month-end Open Interest
TAIEX Futures 267,721  13,320
TE Futures  62,942  3,908
TF Futures  85,582  4,972
Mini-TAIEX Futures 62,668  4,583
TAIEX Options  505,436  107,394
Equity Options  35,508  12,656 
TOTAL 1,019,857 146,833

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)