OneChicago says 186,527 security futures contracts were traded at the Exchange in January, a 67% increase over January 2003.
Open interest stood at 211,068 contracts January 30. Average daily volume was 9,326 contracts in January. Each single stock future contract is equivalent to 100 shares of the underlying stock or exchange-traded fund.
The top five security futures products by volume in January were Altria Corp. (MO1C) with 6,858 contracts traded Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY1C) 6,466 Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT1C) 6,390 Bank of America (BAC1C) 6,028 Intel Corp. (INTC1C) 5,461.
The Exchange has a total of 110 products: 95 single stock futures, including futures on the DIAMONDS Trust, and 15 futures on the Dow Jones MicroSector Indexes SM.
OneChicago is a joint venture of the Chicago Board Options Exchange Incorporated (CBOE), Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). All products are electronically traded on the CBOEdirect match engine and accessible through the CBOEdirect and GLOBEX platforms.