Average Monthend Open Interest, Number of Contracts Traded and Number of Contracts Settled by Delivery or Cash Settlement by Major Groups, All Markets Combined from FY 1992 through FY 1998
Fiscal Year | Total | Grain |
Oilseed |
Livestock |
Other Agriculturals |
Energy/Wood |
Metals |
Financial |
Currencies |
Average Monthend Open Interest (In Contracts) | |||||||||
1992 | 4,264,893 | 375,313 | 266,364 | 124,992 | 255,949 | 555,561 | 263,452 | 2,037,774 | 385,488 |
1993 | 5,164,957 | 365,751 | 301,492 | 116,640 | 292,869 | 697,275 | 314,421 | 2,758,539 | 317,970 |
1994 | 6,508,063 | 422,466 | 323,368 | 125,664 | 328,149 | 807,177 | 363,406 | 3,799,004 | 338,829 |
1995 | 6,434,175 | 502,955 | 332,115 | 118,664 | 357,332 | 695,734 | 378,352 | 3,749,845 | 299,178 |
1996 | 6,671,956 | 594,283 | 383,027 | 149,110 | 357,039 | 707,515 | 368,788 | 3,776,614 | 335,580 |
1997 | 7,035,190 | 484,878 | 378,005 | 158,554 | 399,845 | 793,050 | 355,152 | 4,052,556 | 413,150 |
1998 | 8,732,915 | 561,316 | 419,055 | 156,097 | 425,236 | 969,274 | 351,300 | 5,335,436 | 515,201 |
Number of Contracts Traded | |||||||||
1992 | 289,453,855 | 17,552,356 | 18,585,110 | 6,434,312 | 9,414,082 | 38,416,082 | 12,224,278 | 148,166,182 | 38,661,453 |
1993 | 325,515,261 | 16,006,104 | 20,738,245 | 5,770,835 | 10,754,864 | 42,841,813 | 15,197,831 | 185,397,113 | 28,808,456 |
1994 | 411,056,929 | 19,970,008 | 20,988,316 | 6,137,105 | 12,318,572 | 50,460,607 | 18,231,411 | 252,579,136 | 30,371,774 |
1995 | 409,420,426 | 21,093,886 | 20,687,820 | 6,238,509 | 12,744,901 | 47,944,153 | 17,393,317 | 259,024,379 | 24,293,461 |
1996 | 394,182,422 | 30,217,442 | 25,591,703 | 7,048,534 | 12,018,522 | 46,891,524 | 16,938,969 | 234,261,790 | 21,213,938 |
1997 | 417,341,601 | 25,507,498 | 27,132,483 | 7,550,556 | 13,190,755 | 51,512,419 | 17,093,481 | 250,143,412 | 25,210,997 |
1998 | 500,562,510 | 26,139,949 | 26,854,245 | 7,385,569 | 14,039,615 | 61,705,146 | 17,044,818 | 319,802,081 | 27,591,087 |
Number of Contracts Settled by Delivery/Cash Settlement | |||||||||
1992 | 1,961,005 | 64,200 | 177,005 | 14,256 | 48,273 | 55,714 | 133,018 | 965,403 | 503,136 |
1993 | 2,082,970 | 48,573 | 179,284 | 11,695 | 56,840 | 62,744 | 184,621 | 1,035,375 | 503,838 |
1994 | 2,873,454 | 76,737 | 88,741 | 8,366 | 44,373 | 78,108 | 189,502 | 1,809,418 | 578,209 |
1995 | 2,995,958 | 70,548 | 158,003 | 12,900 | 60,593 | 75,209 | 157,323 | 1,939,909 | 521,473 |
1996 | 2,890,167 | 38,226 | 172,442 | 13,384 | 39,406 | 87,777 | 132,507 | 1,903,974 | 502,451 |
1997 | 3,559,079 | 36,589 | 148,703 | 29,683 | 38,015 | 119,505 | 129,977 | 2,385,886 | 670,721 |
1998 | 4,186,906 | 131,357 | 116,412 | 42,230 | 31,826 | 129,566 | 163,894 | 2,705,700 | 865,921 |