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FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

Taiwan Futures Exchange June 2003 Trading Statistics

Date 01/07/2003

20 trading days
Average daily trading volume (futures & options): 130,148 contracts

Contract     Volume   Month-end Open Interest
TAIEX Futures   531,542  27,839
TE Futures 61,985 4,352
TF Futures  56,085  5,408
Mini-TAIEX Futures   105,965 5,890
Taiwan 50 Futures 225 72
TAIEX Options  1,827,947 298,910
Equity Options   14,965 10,861
TOTAL 2,598,714 353,332

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)