CBOT ($5) Mini-Sized Dow Sets New Volume Record On June 4

Members at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) on Tuesday, June 4, 2002, set a new daily volume record in the CBOT®($5) Mini-sized DowSM Jones Index futures contract, trading 10,192 contracts, with open interest reaching an all-time high of 10,984 contracts that same day. The former daily volume record of 8,624 contracts was set on May 30, 2002.

Demonstrating its ability to create unique trading opportunities, the Chicago Board of Trade appointed Bear Hunter Structured Products L.L.C. and Susquehanna International Group, LLP (SIG) as electronic market makers (EMM) to enhance liquidity in the CBOT mini-sized Dow futures contracts. The market maker program for the CBOT mini-sized Dow futures complex, which trades exclusively on the exchange's electronic trading platform, began on April 5, 2002, the same day the exchange began trading the new mini-sized Dow contract with a $5 multiplier.