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The data displayed in Exhibit 20.3 contains other information useful to investors as well.First, recognize that the spot index level fell slightly from the previous day but that all of the futurescontract prices listed remained unchanged; this can be seen from the entries in the“Change” column, which compare the “Last” and “Previous” prices. This suggests that althoughother factors matter as well, the futures contract prices are strongly linked to the prevailing levelof the underlying spot index. Second, notice that the contract prices decrease the further into thefuture the expiration date occurs. That is, although all 12 closing prices listed (i.e., the spot andthe 11 futures contracts) were set on the same day and correspond to the same S&P index share,the cost of that share gets steadily less expensive the further forward in time the delivery date isset. We will see later that this relationship is common for some securities but not for others.Third, the display also lists the open interest and trading volume for each contract. Open interestis the number of outstanding contracts, while trading volume is the number of those contractsthat changed hands that day. Thus, it appears in this case that the nearest-term contract (i.e.,March 2011) is by far the most abundant and that only about 5 percent (= 12,850 ÷ 276,482) ofthe total number of S&P contracts in existence were traded on January 4, 2011.
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