Annual trading volume at TAIFEX hit all-time high in 2017
The annual trading volume at TAIFEX has exceeded 200 million contracts for the fourth year in a row and reached new record high of 265,705,669 contracts in 2017, an increase of 9.94% from 2016. Despite of low volatility in the cash market, active trading in TAIEX options (TXO), TAIEX Futures (TX), Mini-TAIEX Futures (MTX) and Single Stock Futures were major drivers of the impressive performance, with in particular the year-on-year growth of TAIEX options and Single Stock Futures hitting 11.39% and 88.49%, respectively. Meanwhile, the after-hour session launched on May 15 also made a significant contribution to the record volume, with a total of 15,531,432 contracts traded, approximately 5.8% of total volume.
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