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CBOT Mini-Sized Dow Sets Another Daily Volume Record

Date 10/10/2002

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today that volume in its CBOT mini-sized DowSM Jones Index futures set a new daily record for the second consecutive day yesterday trading 28,717 contracts, breaking the previous record of 27,049 contracts set on October 8.

Trading 100% electronically, constant liquidity, and more bang-for-the-buck are features helping to make the CBOT® mini-sized Dow the fastest growing mini-sized stock index futures product.

With a fourth quarter 2002 exchange and clearing fee waiver for all participants in all Dow Complex stock index products, a new Dow Complex Portal at www.cbot.com/dow which includes free of charge, on-line interactive seminars, a real-time trading simulator, an online investor tutorial, and real-time streaming quotes including Depth of Market ("the book"), a function that allows traders to view on the best 10 bid-ask prices and orders current in the market, traders are taking full advantage of capitalizing on the recent Dow volatility.

For more information on CBOT's mini-sized Dow complex, please visit the new Dow Jones futures portal at www.cbot.com/dow.