CBOT Senior Vice President of Business Development Robert Ray said, “We are pleased to see our customers embracing the 100 percent electronic trading environment of the CBOT’s Metals Complex. During this highly volatile period for metals pricing, market participants continue to value the fully transparent and highly liquid CBOT precious metals markets.”
Other volume records within the Metals Complex on December 12 included:
- 100 Oz. Gold futures
- New Record: 11,967 contracts; Prior Record: 10,339 contracts (November 28, 2005)
- Mini-sized Gold futures
- New Record: 7,061 contracts; Prior Record: 5,520 contracts (December 9, 2005)
- 5,000 Oz. Silver futures:
- New Record: 1,294 contracts; Prior Record: 1,150 Contracts (November 28, 2005)
Separately, the CBOT $5 mini-sized DowSM futures contract reached a new open interest record of 109,073 contracts, surpassing the prior record of 103,184 contracts set on December 9.
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