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MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), has ended the month on a historical note as total volume has climbed to become the second best month in history at the Exchange with 311,495 contracts.
Along with this achievement, MGEX reports the following news:
- Best daily open interest: August 9, 2017 – 121,155 contracts
- 18 of 25 top daily open interest records: August 2017 Three top 25 daily exchange volume records: August 2017
- Best monthly options volume for August: 2017 – 25,226 contracts
- Third month in a row that options volume has exceed 20,000 contracts
MGEX’s calendar year volume now stands at 2,155,891 contracts, which is 41-percent higher than last year at this time. Calendar year-to-date options volume is 101,114 contracts which is more than the prior four years combined. Open interest following yesterday’s activity was 96,410 contracts and 50-percent more than last year.
To view MGEX volume and open interest records, please visit our website at www.mgex.com and click the link on the right hand side.
