Since their introduction in 1997, CBOT® DJIASMSM contracts have experienced one of the most impressive trading performances of any new contract. The latest volume record is an indication of the contract’s growing strength and liquidity.
CBOT® Chairman Nickolas J. Neubauer said, "This volume record demonstrates the growing popularity of our DowSMJones complex, thanks to the unbeatable liquidity provided by our traders and the efficiencies provided in the open outcry marketplace. When markets are volatile and institutional and retail customers need to manage risk in a hurry, they turn to the CBOT®’s DowSMJones complex."
CBOT® DJIASMSM futures contracts, based on the DowSMJones Industrial Average, the world’s most readily recognized and followed stock index, provide investors a way to diversify and protect their portfolios against adverse changes in the stock market, and to preserve investment value.
For more information on the DJIASMSM futures contracts and the on the DowSMJones Complex, please visit the CBOT® website at www.cbot.com.
