This is the second time this month that DJX volume has exceeded 100,000 contracts in a single day. Last Friday's volume surpassed the previous record of 106, 346 contracts, set on Thursday, April 12, 2001. Total index volume has increased in the last few months, as investors turn to broad-based indexes during times of market uncertainty.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is a price-weighted index composed of 30 of the largest, most liquid NYSE and NASDAQ listed stocks. DJX began trading exclusively at CBOE in October 1997.
CBOE, the world's largest options marketplace and the creator of listed options, is regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). For additional information about the CBOE and its products, access the CBOE site on the World Wide Web at http://www.cboe.com.
