Ibovespa Options Exercise Turns Over BRL1.532 Billion On BM&FBOVESPA

The exercise of Ibovespa Index (Ibovespa) options turned over BRL 1,532,960,000.00 on Wednesday, with 23,200 contracts traded. Only call options were exercised:

• The series at 70,000 points turned over R$ 538.3 million in call options;
• The series at 66,000 points turned over R$343.2 million in call options;
• The series at 68,000 points turned over R$308 million in call options;
• The series at 69,000 points turned over R$109 million in call options;
• The series at 60,000 points turned over R$72 million in call options.

Ibovespa Futures Expiration

In the BM&F segment it was the last day of trading for the Ibovespa Futures contract maturing October 2010 (Q10). There were 25,060 contracts traded in this maturity, on a financial volume of BRL1.79 billion. The contract ended the day at 71,745.000 points. In all, there were 76,200 contracts traded in four Ibovespa Futures maturities on Wednesday and financial volume was BRL5.53 billion.