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CBOT Muni Futures Rise To New Open Interest Record

Date 15/03/2005

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today that on Monday, March 14, open interest in CBOT 10-Year Municipal Note Index futures climbed to a new all-time high.

Open interest rose to 4,481 contracts, eclipsing the prior record of 4,362 contracts set on June 13, 2003.

The 10-Year Municipal Note Index futures contract includes up to 250 of the largest, most liquid, and most widely held issues and is a benchmark of the high-grade sector of the tax-exempt bond market.

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