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FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

Taiwan Futures Exchange March Trading Statistics

Date 01/04/2003

21 trading days

Average daily trading volume (futures & options): 64,157 contracts

Contract Volume  Month-end Open Interest
TAIEX Futures  341,034  14,451
TE Futures  62,586  4,008
TF Futures  55,017  2,994
Mini-TAIEX Futures  82,118  4,748
TAIEX Options 780,850 149,895
Equity Options  25,696  13,583 
TOTAL  1,347,301  189,679

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)