A New Open Interest Record For NYBOT's Sugar No. 11

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®) announced today yet another new Sugar No. 11 open interest record of 249,251 futures contracts set on January 23, 2003. The previous high of 249,004 contracts was established on January 17, 2003.

NYBOT's Sugar No. 11 futures contract is 112,000 lbs. of raw centrifugal cane sugar from 29 countries throughout the world, including Australia, Brazil, India, and the United States.

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) is the parent company of the Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange, Inc. (CSCE) and the New York Cotton Exchange (NYCE). Through its two exchanges and their subsidiaries and divisions, NYBOT offers an expanding range of agricultural, currency and index products. Information about the New York Board of Trade can be found at www.nybot.com.