CBOT Achieves Highest Daily Volume Total in Exchange History
31 August 2006 - 12:25AM
PR Newswire (US)
e-cbot sets all-time trading volume record CHICAGO, Aug. 30
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT(R))
announced today that yesterday the Exchange experienced its highest
daily trading volume in its 158-year history. Total Exchange volume
was 6,522,607 contracts, surpassing the previous all-time record of
6,003,976 contracts set on November 29, 2005. Yesterday's total
marks the second time total CBOT volume topped six million
contracts. CBOT President and CEO Bernard W. Dan said, "Highly
liquid markets, unparalleled access to a broad range of trading
opportunities and a premier electronic trading environment at the
CBOT were all critical to the Exchange achieving the best day in
its history. These records are a testament to our market
participants' high level of confidence in both the Exchange's
electronic trading platform, e-cbot(R), and in our open auction
markets." The Exchange also reached a new high-mark for electronic
trading volume on e-cbot, which climbed to 4,946,515 contracts. The
previous record, 4,451,291 contracts, was set on May 31, 2006. The
Exchange set numerous electronic trading records en route to
yesterday's total electronic volume milestone. New electronic
trading records include: -- Total electronic futures trading volume
rose to 4,872,251 contracts, surpassing the previous record of
4,385,979 contracts, set on May 31, 2006. -- Total electronic
Financial futures and options trading volume was 4,713,568
contracts, besting the earlier record of 4,260,677 contracts, set
on May 31, 2006. -- Ten-Year Treasury Note futures topped the two
million mark in daily electronic volume for the first time. With a
record 2,121,335 contracts traded, 10-Year Treasury Note futures
beat the old record of 1,957,403 contracts, set on May 30, 2006. --
Five-Year Treasury Note futures set a daily electronic record with
1,278,552 contracts traded. The previous record, 1,174,182
contracts, was set on May 31, 2006. In addition to the new
electronic trading records, the Exchange also set two combined
volume records. The CBOT set a record for total combined futures
volume, with 6,008,850 contracts traded on Tuesday. The previous
record, 5,595,548 contracts, was set on November 29, 2005.
Five-Year Treasury Note futures added a combined volume record to
the electronic volume record set yesterday. The new record,
1,625,514 contracts, surpassing the prior high mark, 1,385,306
contracts, set on November 29, 2005. Combined volume records
include both open auction and electronic trading volume totals.
About the CBOT As one of the leading global derivative exchanges,
the Chicago Board of Trade provides a diverse mix of financial,
equity and commodity futures and options-on-futures products.
Building on its 158-year history, the CBOT continues to advance
into the future using the strength of deep liquidity, market
integrity and member-trader expertise. Using superior trading
technology in both electronic and open-auction trading platforms,
the CBOT provides premier customer service to risk managers and
investors worldwide. For more information, visit our website at
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Reform Act of 1995 and includes any use of the words "may,"
"should," "could," "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "believes,"
"estimates," "predicts," "potential" or "continue." These
statements are based on management's current expectations and
involve assumptions that may be subject to change or risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those set forth in the statements. Accordingly, actual
outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed
or implied in any forward-looking statement contained in this press
release. The factors that may affect our performance may be found
in the Annual Report on Form 10-K and other periodic reports filed
by CBOT Holdings, Inc. with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC"). These filings can be obtained at the SEC's
website at http://www.sec.gov/ . We undertake no obligation to
publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result
of new information, future events or otherwise. DATASOURCE: Chicago
Board of Trade CONTACT: Media, Craig Grabiner, +1-312-341-5758, ,
or Investors, Deborah Koopman, +1-312-789-8532, , both of Chicago
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