Sentence examples for million contracts from inspiring English sources

Aug. 9, for example, was a record day for the Chicago exchange, when nearly 25.7 million contracts were traded, beating the last record, which was during the so-called flash crash on May 6 last year, when 25.3 million contracts were traded, the exchange said.

But the larger S.& P. 500 contracts remain the most sought after, with more than 27 million contracts traded in 1999.

In 2006, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange alone traded 5.6 million contracts on average every day of which 98.6 percent are in financial instruments, including interest rates, equities and currencies.

ONS said it found evidence of a further 1.3 million contracts where no work was undertaken.

Trading volume last year was all of 1 million contracts, worth $5 million.

In addition to the 1.4 million contracts on which some work was done at the end of January, there are another 1.3 million contracts on which no work was done.

The 60,000-square-foot floor now accommodates about 3,000 traders and support personnel, who generate up to two million contracts a day for various financial and livestock futures.

Two $4 million contracts fell through.

On a day when three $100 million contracts were allowed to be signed, Webber agreed to the grandest one of all, a seven-year deal worth $123 million, the second-largest contract in N.B.A. history.

He negotiated two five-year, $100 million contracts, one with Nike and another with Disney, the richest endorsement contracts in sports history.

The Mars Exploration Program at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has awarded $1 million contracts to four companies, including Boeing and Lockheed Martin, to study possibilities for such a mission, which could take place in a decade.