CME and ELX launch long bond futures

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23 February 2010

The battle in US Treasury futures trading between Chicago Mercantile Exchange and its start-up rival ELX Futures has intensified with the simultaneous launch of futures on ultra-long bonds (with maturities greater than 25 years) on both exchanges

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