CBOT Sets Exchange Open Interest Record

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced that the exchange set a new daily open interest record on January 29, 2004. The new record at 9,543,591 contracts surpasses the previous high at 9,538,496 contracts set August 20, 2003.

Open interest represents the number of positions that have not yet been offset and closed out at the end of a trading day.

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