CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it had reached five consecutive daily open interest records for its benchmark Henry Hub Natural Gas futures contract. These contracts are listed by and subject to the rules of NYMEX.
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Trading Date |
Open Interest |
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Thurs., Jan. 12 |
1,115,469 contracts |
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Wed., Jan. 11 |
1,112,288 contracts |
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Tues., Jan. 10 |
1,096,284 contracts |
|
Mon., Jan.9 |
1,079,161 contracts |
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Fri., Jan. 6 |
1,064,301 contracts |
To date, Henry Hub Natural Gas futures have set a total of six new open interest records since the start of 2012, including a Wed., Jan. 12 record of 1,033,447 contracts.
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