The WSE ranks fourth in Europe by the volume of trading in index futures contracts in H1 2008.
WIG20 futures contracts rank eighth by the volume of trading among all of Europe’s main index futures.
WIG20 options rank twelfth by the volume of trading among all of Europe’s main index options.
Table 1Volume of trading in index futures contracts on European exchanges (H1 2008)
|
NO.
|
EXCHANGE
|
Volume of trading (#)
|
Volume of trading
(#) |
|
|
|
June 2008
|
January-June 2008
|
|
1
|
EUREX |
86,117,177
|
469,123,034
|
|
2
|
Liffe NYSE Euronext |
8,748,830
|
50,053,288
|
|
3
|
OMX |
2,740,754
|
17,748,351
|
|
4
|
WSE |
949,384
|
5,981,886
|
|
5
|
SPAIN |
894,100
|
5,263,130
|
|
6
|
NORWAY |
591,116
|
4,396,941
|
|
7
|
ITALY |
739,458
|
3,730,414
|
|
8
|
HUNGARY |
180,124
|
1,776,017
|
|
9
|
GREECE |
287,987
|
1,400,731
|
|
10
|
AUSTRIA |
37,382
|
133,006
|
|
11
|
CZECH REPUBLIC |
403
|
1,586
|
Table 2
Volume of trading in futures contracts on main exchange indices in Europe (H1 2008): Top 15 contracts
|
NO.
|
EXCHANGE
|
INDEX
|
Volume of trading
(#) |
Volume of trading
(#) |
|
|
|
|
June 2008
|
January-June 2008
|
|
1
|
EUREX | DJ E STOXX 50 |
38,013,073
|
194,904,054
|
|
2
|
Liffe NYSE Euronext | CAC 40 |
3,709,882
|
23,968,740
|
|
3
|
EUREX | DAX |
4,267,561
|
23,762,900
|
|
4
|
Liffe NYSE Euronext | FTSE 100 |
3,845,333
|
18,857,133
|
|
5
|
OMX | OMX |
2,663,164
|
17,250,481
|
|
6
|
EUREX | SMI |
1,870,872
|
8,951,052
|
|
7
|
Liffe NYSE Euronext | AEX |
917,080
|
6,056,083
|
|
8
|
WSE | WIG20 |
948,147
|
5,971,663
|
|
9
|
NORWAY | OBX |
591,116
|
4,396,941
|
|
10
|
SPAIN | IBEX 35 |
621,820
|
3,696,949
|
|
11
|
ITALY | MIB |
522,291
|
2,418,193
|
|
12
|
HUNGARY | BUX |
180,124
|
1,776,017
|
|
13
|
SPAIN | IBEX 35 MINI |
272,280
|
1,566,181
|
|
14
|
ITALY | Mini MIB |
217,167
|
1,312,221
|
|
15
|
GREECE | ATHEX-20 |
160,965*
|
1,091,477**
|
Table 3
Volume of trading in options on main exchange indices in Europe (H1 2008): Top 15 options
|
NO.
|
EXCHANGE
|
INDEX
|
Volume of trading
(#) |
Volume of trading
(#) |
|
|
|
|
June 2008
|
January-June 2008
|
|
1
|
EUREX | DJ E STOXX 50 |
30,997,343
|
180,712,455
|
|
2
|
EUREX | DAX |
8,467,661
|
50,486,822
|
|
3
|
Liffe NYSE Euronext | FTSE 100 |
2,344,877
|
13,069,106
|
|
4
|
Liffe NYSE Euronext | AEX |
2,272,641
|
12,859,365
|
|
5
|
OMX | OMX |
1,640,099
|
10,388,207
|
|
6
|
Liffe NYSE Euronext | CAC40 |
753,012
|
4,299,645
|
|
7
|
SPAIN | IBEX 35 |
677,590
|
3,871,733
|
|
8
|
EUREX | SMI |
367,703
|
2,811,604
|
|
9
|
ITALY | MIB |
329,463
|
1,918,283
|
|
10
|
NORWAY | OBX |
92,355
|
802,660
|
|
11
|
GREECE | ATHEX-20 |
28,035*
|
172,696**
|
|
12
|
WSE | WIG20 |
28,878
|
148,245
|
|
13
|
EUREX | MDAX |
19,077
|
129,959
|
|
14
|
EUREX | DJ STOXX 50 |
18,609
|
51,788
|
|
15
|
EUREX | TecDAX |
2,431
|
15,513
|
* May 2008
** January-May 2008
