CBOT Senior Vice President of Business Development Robert Ray said, “We are extremely pleased that volume in CBOT Metals contracts continues to build momentum across all time zones. Our customers globally are benefiting from the liquidity and transparency of CBOT Metals markets, especially during highly volatile conditions. We believe that the relatively new product group’s ongoing expansion and success is due in part to the premier functionality and trading environment provided by the e-cbot® platform.”
Month-to-date, 25 percent of all listed Precious Metals contracts traded in North America changed hands at the CBOT, with 29 percent of Gold futures and 16 percent of Silver futures executed at the Exchange during the same time period.