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Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) May Trading Statistics

Date 06/06/2005

21 trading days

Average daily trading volume (futures & options): 364,587 contracts

The futures & options trading statistics as follows:

Contract Volume Month-end Open Interest
TAIEX Futures
571,589
 50,156
TE Futures
103,748
8,819
TF Futures
83,186
9,738
Mini-TAIEX Futures
87,815
6,851
Taiwan 50 Futures
1,758
287
GBF
318
392
CPF
4
9
TAIEX Options
6,488,157
1,114,964
TE Options
130,725
12,536
TF Options
117,092
13,097
Equity Options
71,931
    15,934
TOTAL
7,656,323
1,232,783

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 Finance 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

TE Options: Taiwan Stock Exchange Electronic Sector Index Options, contract inception since March 28, 2005

TF Options: Taiwan Stock Exchange Finance Sector Index Options, contract inception since March 28, 2005

Equity Options: Options (calls and puts) contracts on 30 individual stocks listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSEC), including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd, United Microelectronics Corporation, China Steel Corporation, Fubon Financial Holdings Co. Ltd, Nan Ya Plastic, and etc.

Taiwan 50 Futures: TSEC Taiwan 50 Index Futures, contract inception since June 30, 2003

GBF: Taiwan Futures Exchange 10-year Government Bond Futures, contract inception since January 2, 2004

CPF: 30-Day Commercial Paper Interest Rate Futures, contract inception since May 31, 2004