TMX Group Limited has announced October 2018 trading statistics for its marketplaces – Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange (Alpha) and Montréal Exchange (MX).
In October 2018, MX set a new overall monthly volume record with 10,933,209 contracts. A new Equity Options monthly volume record was also achieved with 3,077,922 contracts.
Options on Three-Month Canadian Bankers’ Acceptance Futures (OBX) reached a new daily volume record on October 3, 2018 with 44,050 contracts. OBX also achieved a new open interest record of 329,131 contracts on October 26, 2018.