Liffe Sets Daily Volume Record in Long Gilt and Ultra Long Gilt Futures, Long Gilt Futures Surpass 1,000,000 Daily Contract M...
27 August 2014 - 11:18PM
Business Wire
Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading global
network of exchanges and clearing houses, announced today that
daily volume records were reached in Liffe Long Gilt futures and
Ultra Long Gilt futures with 1,042,074 contracts and 5,118
contracts traded respectively on August 26, 2014.
The prior daily volume record of 905,515 Long Gilt futures
contracts was set on May 27, 2014; and Ultra Long Gilt futures
reached a previous daily volume record on May 28, 2014 with 4,702
contracts traded.
The 10 year Long Gilt futures contract, which was established in
1982, has seen consistent annual growth, with an average daily
volume in 2014 year to date of 166,744 contracts. Open interest
currently stands at 483,329 contracts as of August 26, 2014.
To support the trading community’s exposure to longer dated UK
debt, Liffe launched the 30 year Ultra Long Gilt futures contract
in March 2014. Open interest currently stands at 5,489 contracts as
of August 26, 2014.
Liffe offers the most liquid and capital efficient platform for
trading and clearing UK Gilt and European government bond futures
contracts, with trading, risk management and margin offsets
available across the sovereign curves.
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