Overall exchange volume totalled 319,987 contracts, with a corresponding value of 107 billion dollars. This surpasses the previous volume record of 294,942 contracts established on September 1st, 2005.
A record level of 163,714 Ten-Year Government of Canada Bond Futures contracts, the CGB, contributed to the overall record activity. The previous CGB record, totalling 136,180 contracts, was established on August 25, 2005.
Note: More details are available in the Economic analysis of Montréal Exchange’s derivatives, available at www.m-x.ca.
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