OREANDA-NEWS. September 25, 2012. The equity options exercise today in the BOVESPA segment totaled BRL 4.79 billion, of which BRL 4.42 billion in call options and BRL 375.53 million in put options.

Below are the options that had the highest financial volumes in today’s exercise:

VALE PNA at BRL 37.00 per share turned over BRL 361.77 million in call options;

VALE PNA at BRL 34.00 per share turned over BRL 337.43 million in call options;

VALE PNA at BRL 35.09 per share turned over BRL 279.16 million in call options;

VALE PNA at BRL 32.00 per share turned over BRL 263.37 million in call options;

PETR PN at BRL 21.83 per share turned over BRL 252.38 million in call options.

BM&FBOVESPA, in full, Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias & Futuros de Sao Paulo) is a stock exchange located at Sao Paulo, Brazil. As of December 31, 2011 it had a market capitalization of USD 1.22 Trillion, making it in the 8th largest stock exchange in the world. On May 8, 2008, the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa) and the Brazilian Mercantile and Futures Exchange (BM&F) merged, creating BM&FBOVESPA. The benchmark indicator of BM&FBOVESPA is the Нndice Bovespa. There were 381 companies traded at Bovespa as of April 30, 2008. BM&FBOVESPA has offices in New York, Shanghai and London.