NYBOT's Russell 1000 Contract Sets Two New Open Interest Records

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) Russell 1000® Index futures and options contract markets have recently established new open interest records. NYBOT’s Russell 1000 Index contracts measure the performance of the 1,000 largest companies in the Russell 3000® Index of U.S. equities.

For the futures, 141,829 contracts became the new open interest high on June 14, 2004, replacing the previous record of 136,659 contracts set on June 10, 2004.

The Russell 1000 Index options contract also reached a record on June 15, 2004, with an open interest of 15,466 contracts, surpassing the earlier high of 15,004 contracts from June 14, 2004.

NYBOT’s index market lists futures and options contracts on the Russell 1000, Russell 1000 Value, Russell 1000 Growth, Russell 2000® Index, and Russell 3000 Index. NYBOT offers Regular and Mini-sized futures contracts and Regular-sized options contracts based on the Russell 1000 Index.

To find out more about the Russell contracts and how to trade them, please visit www.nybot.com.

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