The top five security futures contracts by volume in May were:
Tickers | Stocks | Number of Contracts |
IWM | iShares Russell 2000 | 10,638 |
IWM | Microsoft Corporation | 6,223 |
CSCO | Cisco Systems, Inc. | 2,683 |
CSCO | Intel Corporation | 2,384 |
ORCL | Oracle Corporation | 2,075 |
Each contract represents 100 shares of the underlying stock. NQLX has a total of 93 security futures products, including futures on the NASDAQ-100 Index Tracking Stock (QQQ) and a suite of Russell iShares.
Open interest was at 47,206 contracts on May 30, 2003. That is a 27% increase from April 30, 2003.
The most active day was Thursday, May 22nd when 8,150 contracts traded.
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
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