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The Kansas City Board of Trade set new annual volume records in 2011 for Hard Red Winter wheat futures and for the exchange as a whole.
A total of 6,582,673 contracts were traded at the KCBT in 2011, setting a new record with a 15.5 percent increase over the 5,697,874 contracts traded in 2010.
In the HRW wheat futures contract, a total of 6,342,782 contracts were traded, which also set a new annual volume record over 2010 volume with a 14.3 percent increase. HRW wheat options volume traded in 2011 amounted to 239,891 contracts, a 62.1 percent increase over total 2010 trading volume.
The Kansas City Board of Trade is a for-profit corporation organized under the laws of Delaware. The KCBT, founded in 1856, is the world's largest futures market for hard red winter wheat. Daily quotes, market commentary, historical data and charting services are available on our website at www.kcbt.com.
VOLUME AND OPEN INTEREST SUMMARY
(in contracts)
|
Volume
|
Volume
|
%
|
Volume
|
%
|
Year-to-date
|
Year-to-date
|
%
|
|
| CONTRACT |
Dec 2011
|
Dec 2010
|
Change
|
Nov 2011
|
Change
|
2011 Volume
|
2010 Volume
|
Change
|
| Wheat |
253,714
|
437,749
|
-42.0%
|
442,103
|
-42.6%
|
6,342,782
|
5,549,842
|
14.3%
|
| Wheat Options |
4,021
|
21,668
|
-81.4%
|
9,370
|
-57.1%
|
239,891
|
148,032
|
62.1%
|
| Total Exchange |
257,735
|
459,417
|
-43.9%
|
451,473
|
-42.9%
|
6,582,673
|
5,697,874
|
15.5%
|
|
|
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|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
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|
Interest
|
Interest
|
%
|
Interest
|
%
|
||||
|
12/30/2011
|
12/31/2010
|
Change
|
11/30/2011
|
Change
|
||||
| Wheat |
137,758
|
220,095
|
-37.4%
|
134,399
|
2.5%
|
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| Wheat Options |
13,636
|
24,080
|
-43.4%
|
11,695
|
16.6%
|
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| Total Exchange |
151,394
|
244,175
|
-38.0%
|
146,094
|
3.6%
|
