Mondo Visione Worldwide Financial Markets Intelligence

FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

Warsaw Stock Exchange: Derivatives Market Three Quarters Into 2008

Date 22/10/2008

Three quarters into 2008, the WSE maintains a high fourth place in Europe regarding index futures contracts volumes. WIG20 futures contract is on 8th place among European index contracts. WIG20 options are on 12th place in terms of turnover volume among European index options.

Table No. 1

Index futures contracts volumes on European exchanges (Q1-Q3 2008)

No.

Exchange

Turnover Volume (units)

September 2008

January-September 2008

1

EUREX

66.422.583

371.504.525

2

Liffe NYSE Euronext

12.112.749

76.525.955

3

OMX

4.363.442

28.423.781

4

WSE

1.127.321

8.657.858

5

SPAIN

1.073.948

8.044.510

6

NORWAY

925.686

6.523.984

7

ITALY

874.564

5.589.782

8

HUNGARY

340.336

2.572.893

9

GREECE

344.863

2.143.257

10

AUSTRIA

40.351

195.713

11

CZECH REPUBLIC

492

2.469

Source: FESE and internet sites of the exchanges.

Table No. 2

Turnover volumes of futures contracts on particular European indices (Q1-Q3 2008) – top 15 contracts.

No.

Exchange

Index

Turnover Volume (units)

September 2008

January-September 2008

1

EUREX

DJ E STOXX 50

56.630.026

312.249.993

2

EUREX

DAX

5.449.706

36.363.699

3

Liffe NYSE Euronext

CAC 40

5.022.272

36.344.523

4

Liffe NYSE Euronext

FTSE 100

5.615.047

29.362.624

5

OMX

OMX

4.290.096

27.715.491

6

EUREX

SMI

2.174.321

13.227.237

7

Liffe NYSE Euronext

AEX

1.226.152

9.170.002

8

WSE

WIG20

1.123.991

8.638.480

9

NORWAY

OBX

925.686

6.523.984

10

SPAIN

IBEX 35

737.876

5.631.557

11

ITALY

MIB

569.914

3.589.051

12

HUNGARY

BUX

340.336

2.572.893

13

SPAIN

IBEX 35 MINI

336.072

2.412.953

14

ITALY

Mini MIB

304.650

2.000.731

15

GREECE

ATHEX-20

344.807

2.119.895

Source: internet sites of the exchanges.

Table No. 3

Turnover volumes of options on particular European indices (Q1-Q3 2008) – top 15 options.

No.

Exchange

Index

Turnover Volume (units)

September 2008

January-September 2008

1

EUREX

DJ E STOXX 50

44.762.361

285.986.563

2

EUREX

DAX

10.177.713

78.132.384

3

Liffe NYSE Euronext

FTSE 100

3.129.526

21.194.524

4

Liffe NYSE Euronext

AEX

2.872.897

20.014.163

5

OMX

OMX

1.988.313

15.909.211

6

Liffe NYSE Euronext

CAC40

720.114

6.331.184

7

SPAIN

IBEX 35

934.139

6.247.432

8

EUREX

SMI

546.988

4.153.221

9

ITALY

MIB

362.493

2.855.966

10

NORWAY

OBX

179.531

1.200.599

11

GREECE

ATHEX-20

62.208

367.971

12

WSE

WIG20

31.878

244.041

13

EUREX

MDAX

21.078

173.288

14

EUREX

DJ STOXX 50

7.062

79.688

15

EUREX

TecDAX

5.626

36.665

Source: internet sites of the exchanges.