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Taiwan Futures Exchange May 2003 Trading Statistics

Date 02/06/2003

21 trading days
Average daily trading volume (futures & options): 101,938 contracts

Contract     Volume   Month-end Open Interest
TAIEX Futures   495,516    27,576
TE Futures 43,101    2,995
TF Futures  40,438  3,274
Mini-TAIEX Futures   108,794       7,679
TAIEX Options  1,432,207   234,296
Equity Options   20,638  11,791
TOTAL 2,140,694  287,611

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)