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Derivatives Market in Retrospect and Prospect

- by Nishant Bachkheti & Aarti Nagarajan *

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                       Source: International Options Market Association, 2003
                       Derivatives Market Survey

The break up of the volume traded (number of contracts) in the major sectors of the derivative market was as follows: -

Year 2003 2002
    Stock Options 1470181473     1276539361    
    Stock Futures 86633090     57108091    
    Index Options 3356829909     2326049202    
    Index Futures 695159273     532072864    
    Commodity Options 49948894     47919021    
    Commodity Futures 321247413     265224301    

                Source: International Options Market Association, 2003
                Derivatives Market Survey

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* Contributed by -
Nishant Bachkheti & Aarti Nagarajan,
Core Committee Members, Fin-Niche,
IMT, Ghaziabad.