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Feb 13, 2013

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Newsflash - Milestone for RDX USD index derivatives reached with one million traded contracts

On 12 February 2013, the international derivatives market Eurex Exchange exceeded one million contracts traded in the RDX® USD index futures and options since trading began on 19 March 2012. The one million contracts split into more than 691,000 index options and more than 313,000 index futures. The respective open interest is 263,532 options contracts and 46,398 futures contracts. This makes Eurex Exchange the largest trading venue (outside of Russia) for listed Russian index derivatives.

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