CBOT Achieves New All-Time Volume Record

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT® ) today announced an all-time total exchange volume record, already surpassing the exchange's 2002 volume record of 343,882,529 contracts. As of close of business on Friday, October 3, 2003, 345,386,451 contracts were traded, year-to-date at the CBOT.

CBOT Chairman Charles P. Carey said, "This trading volume record is a tribute to our customers, members, and member firms. Trading momentum will continue to grow throughout the rest of the year as the exchange builds on its tradition of industry innovation by providing the marketplace with superior trading technology and significant cost-saving measures via the LIFFE CONNECT® platform and the CME/CBOT Common Clearing Link. Market users worldwide are sending the message that for unparalleled liquidity, transparency and integrity, the CBOT's U.S. Treasury, equity, and agricultural futures and options complexes are the place to trade."