The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced today that its $10 Dow Jonessm futures contract set a record on Wednesday, as open interest climbed to 109,396 contracts at the close of trading. The new record marks the first time open interest in the $10 Dow Jones contract exceeded 100,000 contracts. The previous record, 93,434 contracts, was set on Tuesday, December 12, 2006.
For the second consecutive day, the Exchange’s $5 mini-sized Dowsm contract also set a new open interest record. The new open interest record for the $5 Dow contract stands at 174,926 contracts. It surpasses the previous record,166,945 contracts, set on December 12, 2006.
The new records led to a composite open interest record for the Exchange’s Equity Index futures and options complex, with 322,656 contracts traded yesterday. The prior record, 297,015 contracts, was set on December 12, 2006. The CBOT Equity Index futures complex includes $5, $10 and $25 Dow Jones futures contracts as well as $5 and $10 Dow Jones options on futures contracts.
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