NQLX iShares Russell 2000 Breaks ETF Security Futures Mark

NQLX announced today that its iShares Russell 2000 (IWM) Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) contract has broken the industry record for ETF security futures monthly volume. The month of July saw 54,728 iShares Russell 2000 contracts traded with an average daily volume of 2,488 - both industry records. The previous record was set in June, when 47,418 contracts traded. The new record is a 13% increase over the previous one. The iShares Russell 2000 security futures contract is listed exclusively on NQLX.

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.