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Stock options

 
Liffe lists stock options (also known as individual equity options) on over 250 leading European companies via the Amsterdam, Belgian, London and Paris central order books.

Growth in the stock options market over the past few years has been phenomenal with more and more investors using options to enhance their equity portfolios.


Main contracts by volume
21/11/08
Name Market Code Vol. O.I.
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL A AMS RD 70,481 3,128,785
ING GROEP AMS ING 35,477 4,802,604
AEGON AMS AGN 23,544 2,880,006
ARCELOR MITTAL AMS MT 15,678 507,716
TOTAL PAR TO1 14,094 500,743
KON. PHILIPS ELECTRONICS AMS PHI 11,865 1,435,575
BNP PARIBAS PAR BN1 11,738 417,184
UNILEVER AMS UN 11,167 1,776,336
KON. KPN AMS KPN 6,812 1,709,306
KON. AHOLD AMS AH 4,857 1,256,086

Note Date for volume is current trading day. Date for open interest is current trading day -1