BOVESPA Stock Options Turn Over BRL 794 Million in August

Date 18/08/2008

The exercise of stock options on BOVESPA added up to BRL 794,911,755.50 on August 18. Call options totaled BRL 594,087,183.50 while put options amounted to BRL 200,824,572.00.

Check below the most active stock options:

Petrobras PN at BRL 55.00 per share turned over BRL 188.1 million in put options;
Petrobras PN at BRL 35.00 per share turned over BRL 120.4 million in put options;
Vale R Doce PNA at BRL 34.00 per share turned over BRL 56.8 million in call options;
Petrobras PN at BRL 32.00 per share turned over BRL 50.6 million in call options;
Petrobras PN at BRL 30.00 per share turned over BRL 33.1 million in call options.