As expected, Eurex last week become the only exchange besides Korea Stock Exchange to trade a billion contracts in a single year. By 17 December, volumes at the exchange exceeded the 2002 total of 801m contracts by more than 20%. They were also double the total for 2000 of 454m contracts. The billion contracts traded at Eurex is equal to the total number of futures and options traded worldwide in 1992.
Eurex is reducing transaction fees for Finnish equity options by up...