Numerous Open Interest Records For NYBOTs U.S. Dollar Index

The U. S. Dollar Index® (symbol DX) futures contract, which trades exclusively at the New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®), has seen five open interest records over the last ten days, the most recent being 40,158 contracts established November 10, replacing the previous high of 39,287 futures contracts set on November 9. The record stretch of trading in the USDX began on November 4 at 37,778 contracts.

NYBOT’s U.S. Dollar Index is computed using a trade-weighted geometric average of six currencies. The six currencies are the Euro, Japan/yen, UK/pound, Canada/dollar, Sweden/krona, and Switzerland/franc.

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