The top five security futures products by volume in January were: Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) with 25,810 contracts traded, DIAMONDS® (DIA) 9,799, Amgen Inc. (AMGN) 8,089, Yahoo! (YHOO) 3,378, and Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) 3,314. Each contract is equivalent to 100 shares of the underlying stock.
The Exchange added three new single stock futures contracts in January - Yahoo!, PeopleSoft Inc. (PSFT) and Sun Microsystems (SUNW) - for a total of 85 single stock futures as well as futures on the DIAMONDS Trust.
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