The top five security futures contracts by volume in July were:
Tickers | Stocks | Number of Contracts |
IWM | iShares Russell 2000 | 54,728 |
QQQ | NASDAQ 100 Index Tracking Stock | 4,601 |
VZ | Verizon Communications | 2,046 |
PG | The Procter & Gamble Company | 1,939 |
AMG | Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. | 1,893 |
Each contract represents 100 shares of the underlying stock. NQLX has a total of 93 security futures products, including futures on the NASDAQ-100 Index Tracking Stock (QQQ) and a suite of Russell iShares. NQLX also has three cash-settled futures on a suite of Russell 1000 products.
- Open interest was at 49,455 contracts on July 31, 2003.
- The most active day was July 31 when 7,700 contracts traded.
- 6,063 NQLX Exchange Traded Funds futures contracts were traded on
July 31, setting a new industry record for single day volume of ETF
futures.
NQLX is a fully electronic, federally regulated exchange and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Euronext.liffe. It lists financial and security futures through Euronext.liffe's electronic trading platform, LIFFE CONNECT®. For more information on NQLX visit: www.nqlx.com.