Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 32

9-Aug-2010

DME Claims Advances In Trading Records

The Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME) on 4 August said it had set two new trading records during July as it entered a fourth year of operations. It said total open interest in its flagship DME Oman Crude Oil Futures (DME Oman) during July had reached a record of 20,160 contracts. Open interest is the total number of outstanding futures contracts held by market participants and is regarded as a performance...