As of January 27, 2004, the Exchange's Russell 1000 contract has also grown 30% in open interest Year-To-Date to 72,942 contracts (from 56,075 contracts).
NYBOT's Market Maker program, which continuously assures liquidity and price spread for all Russell Index future and option contracts, has attracted considerable institutional investment attention. The contract offers institutional investors a more precise index hedging tool to match fund/portfolio investment objectives.
The Exchange's index products marketplace 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. All the Russell contracts trade at NYBOT's One North End Avenue facilities in New York from 9:30 am until 4:15 pm (NY Time).
To find out more about NYBOT's Russell contracts and how to trade them, please visit www.nybot.com.
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