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)