The trading volume in MEFF Options and Futures in September 2005 reached 6.189 million contracts, 37% up on the same month last year.
September trading volumes were particularly heavy for stock options, Posting 1.867 million contracts traded, a 126% increase on the same month last year.
Trading in options on the IBEX 35 for September came to 462,577 contracts, up 63% and trading in IBEX 35 Futures was 423,713 contracts, up 29% on September 2004.
The volume of contracts traded on MEFF in the first nine months of 2005 Was 29.5 million, which represents a 42% increase on the same period last year. To break this down: trading on single stock futures was 13.8 million contracts for the first nine months of 2005, up 56% on the same period last year; IBEX 35 options to the end of September 2005 reached 3.4 million contracts, up 58%; and trading in stock options was 7.8 million, an increase of 40% on the same period in 2004.
In addition, these figures show that the total value of trading on MEFF for the first nine months of 2005 exceeded that for the whole of 2004. By product, the trading volume reached in single stock futures and on IBEX 35 Futures so far in 2005 also exceeded that posted in the whole of 2004.