Bursa Malaysia Derivatives (“BMD”) is pleased to announce that its futures exchange achieved two new historical high milestones at the end of day on 28 January 2020.
Total daily trading volume at the exchange registered an all-time high of 140,945 contracts traded, surpassing the previous record of 133,192 contracts traded on 25 August 2015. Similarly, the Crude Palm Oil Futures (“FCPO”) contracts recorded its highest ever daily trading volume with 107,062 contracts traded, surpassing the previous record of 97,813 contracts traded set on 22 February 2017.
Acting Chief Executive Officer of BMD, Mr Samuel Ho said, “These new all-time high milestones are attributed to the strong growth in futures trading as well as the uncertainties caused by the recent political and health issues globally. The growth in trading volume is a validation of the trust and confidence by global and domestic traders of BMD’s product offerings in managing price and risk exposures on its platform.”
BMD would like to thank all market participants for their strong support.
