July's volume represents nearly 55 million IWM shares traded, as each contract represents 100 shares of the underlying ETF. NQLX has a suite of iShares Russell ETF futures products in addition to three cash-settled futures on a suite of Russell 1000 products.
The Russell 2000, which accounts for 97 percent of institutional small cap assets, measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, which represents approximately 8 percent of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000. Over $20 billion is indexed to the Russell 2000.
NQLX is a fully electronic, federally regulated exchange and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Euronext.liffe. It lists financial and security futures through Euronext.liffe's electronic trading platform, LIFFE CONNECT®. For more information on NQLX visit: www.nqlx.com.