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Record Open Interest in Major Products in May
03 June 2005

Eurex: Eurex has reached record Open Interest in major fixed income and equity index products in May. Open Interest, i.e. the number of open positions, is an important indicator for expected turnover in a contract in the future.

ProductRecord Open Interest
May 2005		Open Interest
May 2004

number of contracts

number of contracts

change in percent

Euro-Bund-Future

1,430,010

1,192,985

+ 20

Euro STOXX 50 Futures

1,719,227

1,444,574

+ 19

Euro STOXX 50 Options

17,228,256

13,490,946

+ 28

Dutch Equity Options

3,384,158

2,053,806

+ 65

French Equity Options

767,317

561,169

+ 37

Italian Equity Options

144,733

678

+2,123,5

Swiss Equity Options

13,062,524

10,218,690

+ 28
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