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FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

Taiwan Futures Exchange January 2003 Statistics

Date 30/01/2003

19 trading days

Average daily trading volume (futures & options): 58,655 contracts

Contract  Volume Month-end Open Interest
TAIEX Futures  308,903  12,078
TE Futures 94,515  6,842
TF Futures  85,126 6,350
Mini-TAIEX Futures 68,770  3,231
TAIEX Options  477,618  110,751
Equity Options  29,305  17,485 
Total 1,064,237  156,737

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)