NYMEX Gold Futures Open Interest Surpasses 500,000 Contracts

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., a subsidiary of NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMX), today announced that open interest in its gold futures contract crossed the 500,000 contract milestone for the first time yesterday.

The open interest reached 505,224 contracts, exceeding the previous record of 493,364 contracts on October 24.