CBOT Electronic Trading Platform Sets Daily Volume High Oct. 31

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced today its members set a new daily volume record yesterday on the exchange's electronic trading platform with 462,140 contracts traded, breaking the previous record of 450,075 contracts set on August 30, 2001. The CBOT® traded a total of 1,819,304 contracts yesterday, of which 1,357,164 were traded in the open outcry marketplace.