Exchange Volume, August 2004
Total Volume
26,894,775 contracts
+31% vs year-ago (Aug 03)
-5% vs previous month (Jul 04)
Average Daily Volume
1,222,490 contracts
+25% vs year-ago (Aug 03)
-9% vs previous month (Jul 04)
Open Interest
140,830,190 contracts
+18% vs year-ago (Aug 03)
+3% vs previous month (Jul 04)
Year-To-Date Volume
235,848,844 contracts
+31% vs YTD 2003
August highlights at CBOE included:
- During August, volume in index options rose 38% as over 11 million contracts traded, while volume in stock option classes (equities) increased 26% with over 15 million contracts traded.
- Options on the S&P 500 Index (SPX) were the most-actively traded index options at CBOE during August as volume totaled 4,150,787 contracts, an increase of 47% over 2003.
- The top five stock option classes traded at CBOE during August were: Intel Corp. (INTC), Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO), Citigroup, Inc. (C), Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), and Google Inc. (GOOG).
- On August 6th, the CBOE Futures Exchange set a new record for single-day trading volume with 1,967 contracts traded, surpassing the previous high of 1,844 contracts from July 12th. Volume in August at CFE, launched on March 26th, totaled 10,059 contracts, an increase of 13% over the previous month. Open interest at month's end stood at 6,309 contracts.
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