OREANDA-NEWS. April 15, 2011. The exercise of options on the Ibovespa index generated BRL 1.56 billion on Wednesday, with 22,830 contracts traded. Of the financial volume in exercised contracts, BRL 1.39 billion was in put options and BRL 164 million in call options.

The underlying Ibovespa index ended Wednesday 0.61% lower at 66,486.49 points.

The contracts with the largest volumes were:

The series at 68,000 points totaled BRL 481.44 million in put options;

The series at 70,000 points totaled BRL 357 million in put options;

The series at 67,000 points totaled BRL 254.6 million in put options;

The series at 69,000 points totaled BRL 175.95 million in put options;

The series at 66,000 points totaled BRL 118.8 million in call options.