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Record Market Share In 5 Year U.S. Treasury Note On Eurex US On November 15

Date 16/11/2004

Eurex US, the fully-electronic U.S. futures and options exchange, today announced that market share in the 5 year U.S. Treasury Note listed at the exchange set a new record: On Monday, November 15 over 27,000 contracts were traded in the 5 year product at the exchange, corresponding to a record market share of 11 percent.

Furthermore, open interest in the U.S. Treasury futures suite at the exchange also set a new record on November 12, with a total of 71,297 contracts in open interest. The previous record, set on November 10, was 70,096 contracts. Open interest represents the number of open positions in a futures or options contract.

# 5 year U.S. Treasury Future:

  • New Record: November 15, 2004 - Market Share 11 percent
  • Previous Record: October 26, 2004 - Market Share 7 percent