CBOT 100oz. Gold Daily Volume Surges Past 10,000 Contracts

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT^® ) announced today that daily volume for the Exchange’s 100 oz. Gold (ZG) futures contract set a new record of 10,339 contracts on November 28, surpassing the previous record of 8,320 contracts by 25 percent. The CBOT’s electronically traded Precious Metals Complex also hit a daily volume record of 16,057 contracts, surpassing the previous record of 14,830 contracts, an increase of eight percent.  

Open interest for the CBOT’s 100 oz. Gold futures surpassed the milestone of 10,000 contracts earlier this month. Daily Volume within the CBOT’s Precious Metals Complex, composed of full-sized and mini-sized Gold and Silver futures contracts, first surpassed 10,000 contracts in September.  For more information and live streaming quotes go to www.cbot.com/metals.