In addition, milk futures and options on futures reached new open interest highs, with 28,628 positions in futures and 14,801 open options positions.
The previous record open interest levels in the products were set on March 18 as follows: E-mini NASDAQ-100, 386,385 positions; NASDAQ-100, 116,106 positions; E-mini Russell 2000, 38,996 positions; milk futures, 28,592 positions; and milk options, 14,551 positions.
Open interest represents the number of positions outstanding at the close of trading.
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