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Warsaw Stock Exchange Derivatives And Structured Products Market In June 2010

Date 06/07/2010

Derivatives

In June 2010 the trading volume in derivatives was 1.3 million instruments. In the January-June period in 2010 the trading volume in derivatives reached almost 8.2 million instruments, up by 24% compared to the same period in 2009. The number of open interest in all derivative instruments was 153 thousand instruments, up by 29% compared to June 2009.

Trading volume in the last 12 months (in the July 2009 – June 2010 period) was 15.4 million instruments and was up by 11% compared to 2009 trading volume.

In June 2010 the trading volume in WIG20 future contracts was 1.3 million contracts. The number of open interest in WIG20 future contract category was 98 thousand contracts at the end of June (up by 19% compared to June 2009).

June this year was another month of high interest shown by investors in WIG20 options. Monthly trading volume totaled 49 thousand options. Since the beginning of 2010 the trading volume on the WSE reached 341 thousand options, which accounts for 81% of trading volume in 2009. The number of open interest was 29 thousand options at the end of June (up by 75% compared to June 2009).

More statistics is available in Table No. 1 and in Figures Nos. 1 & 2.

Structured products

In June 2010 the trading value totaled PLN 77.16 million, of which PLN 76 MM was the trading value of structured certificates and PLN 1.16 million was the trading value of structured bonds. Trading volume was 616 thousand products.

In June 5 new instruments were listed. These included:
  • 3 structured certificates of Deutsche Bank A.G. London (DBW20E0313, DBHSCE0513, DBHSCE0413)
  • <2 structured bonds of SecurAsset S.A. with a registered office in Luxembourg (BZTD30512, BZTD40512)

At the end of June this year 134 structured products were listed including 19 bonds and 115 certificates.

Table No. 1

Trading volumes (including block trades):
  • in June 2010
  • in the January – June 2010 period
  • in the last 12 months (in the period from July 2009 - June 2010)

Number of open interest at the end of June 2010.

INSTRUMENT

 

NO. OF OPEN INTEREST

TRADING VOLUME

(pcs.)

(pcs.)

 

JUNE

JANUARY-JUNE

LAST 12 MONTHS

2009

CHANGE

at the end of JUNE

2010

2009

CHANGE

2010

2009

CHANGE

(Jul. 2009 – Jun. 2010)

(%)

2010

2009

CHANGE

(%)

(%)

 

(%)

WIG20 CONTRACTS

 1 205 487   

1 288 869

-6.47%

7 554 928

6 019 859

25.50%

14 301 484

12 766 415

12.02%

98 315

82 442

19.25%

mWIG40 CONTRACTS

          2 487   

2 283

8.94%

19 404

13 823

40.37%

35 763

30 182

18.49%

634

537

18.06%

STOCK CONTRACTS

 32 558   

45 530

-28.49%

174 751

264 304

-33.88%

376 204

465 757

-19.23%

8 402

5 125

63.94%

CURRENCY CONTRACTS

 11 992   

10 922

9.80%

63 521

108 940

-41.69%

116 820

162 239

-28.00%

2 679

1 460

83.49%

WIG20 OPTIONS

        48 683   

47 878

1.68%

340 927

188 418

80.94%

574 157

421 648

36.17%

29 138

16 621

75.31%

WIG20 PARTICIPATION UNITS

          1 552   

1 810

-14.25%

20 279

20 512

-1.14%

41 928

42 161

-0.55%

13 633

11 930

14.27%

Source: WSE

Graph no. 1

Annual turnover volume (session and block trades) in 1998 – June 2010 in all WSE derivatives instruments (million instruments)



Source: WSE

Graph no. 2

Number of open interest at year end and at the end of June 2010 in all derivative instruments (thousand instruments).



Source: WSE

Graph no. 3

Number of listed structured products (12.2006-06.2010)



Source: WSE