MONTREAL, Jan. 24, 2012 /CNW/ - Montreal Exchange today announced that it achieved two new daily records.
Daily open interest reached 5,401,436 contracts on January 19, 2012, surpassing the previous record of 5,325,519 contracts that was achieved on January 18, 2012.
A new overall daily volume record of 346,497 contracts was also established for equity and ETF options on January 20, 2012, surpassing the previous record of 287,593 contracts that was established on December 17, 2010.
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Aimee Paget
Communications Specialist
TMX Group
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