Spain: Equity Derivatives

A special report prepared by Santander Investment.

A EUROMONEY SURVEY – MARCH 1996

Background

The past couple of years have seen major developments in the Spanish equity markets, with increasing sophistication and more complex products becoming available. Consequently, the derivatives market is growing in importance. There is continued high-volume trading of futures on Spain’s IBEX-35 index, on the equities futures exchange MEFF-RV. Growth in the domestic market has been sharp.

Index futures account for about 70% of MEFF-RV traded contracts. These type of contracts have witnessed explosive growth.

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