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Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) October Trading Statistics

Date 04/11/2003

Futures & Options Trading Statistics

22 trading days

Average daily trading volume (futures & options): 174,936 contracts

Contract  Volume  Month-end Open Interest
TAIEX Futures  630,425  40,022
TE Futures    122,844  14,269
TF Futures 176,045  6,744
Mini-TAIEX Futures  114,625   8,402
Taiwan 50 Futures     352 21
TAIEX Options 2,793,625  510,990
Equity Options    10,667     8,638
TOTAL  3,848,583 591,778

 

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)

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