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NEWS RELEASE


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January 19, 2016 Contact: Jesse Marie Green (612) 321-7122


MGEX Sees Open Interest Break Top 20


MINNEAPOLIS - MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), reports its 17th-highest open interest total of all-time following Friday's activity, finishing the day at 79,887.


This marks the third time in the past week that MGEX has recorded top 25 open interest, doing so for the first time since May of 2014. Open interest has increased 11 percent in the past month and ended Friday just more than 2,000 shy of a new all-time record.



About MGEX

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), was established in 1881 and is the only market for Hard Red Spring Wheat (HRSW), Apple Juice Concentrate (AJC), National Corn Index (NCI), National Soybean Index (NSI), Hard Red Winter Wheat Index (HRWI), Hard Red Spring Wheat Index (HRSI), and Soft Red Winter Wheat Index (SRWI) futures and options, as well as for HRSW calendar spread options (CSOs). To learn more about MGEX visit www.mgex.com.



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