The top five security futures contracts by volume in February were:
| Tickers | Stocks | Number of Contracts |
| MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 11,993 |
| IWM | iShares Russell 2000 | 7,996 |
| SBC | SBC Communications Inc. | 4,251 |
| NVLS | Novellus Systems, Inc. | 2,808 |
| CMCSK | Comcast Corporation | 2,717 |
Each contract represents 100 shares of the underlying stock. NQLX added sixteen single stock futures and two Russell iShares ETF futures in February, bringing to 89 the total number of security futures products listed by NQLX.
Open interest continued to grow at NQLX, standing at 36,496 on February 28, 2003,a 32% increase over January's month-end number.
NQLX is a fully electronic, federally regulated exchange formed as a joint venture between The NASDAQ Stock Market Inc.® and LIFFE (London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange). It lists security futures on both exchange-traded funds and the largest U.S. companies through LIFFE's electronic trading platform, LIFFE CONNECT™. For more information on NQLX, visit: www.nqlx.com
