CBOT Volume On a/c/e Sets New Daily Record At 194,358 Contracts - Volume Since System’s Launch Surpasses 10,000,000

The Chicago Board of Trade announced its members set a new daily volume record on January 17, 2001 at 194,358 contracts traded on its electronic trading platform, a/c/e, breaking the former high of 183,985 contracts set on November 8, 2000.

Yesterday’s record day brought a/c/e volume since inception on August 27, 2000, to a total of 10,144,045, with the CBOT® 30-Year Treasury Bond averaging a daily volume of 46,491 contracts, the 10-Year Note averaging daily volume of 43,683 contracts, and the 5-Year Note averaging daily volume of 11,792 contracts.

By providing the best risk management tools and the most liquid markets in the world--day or night--market participants continue to use CBOT® products during times of economic uncertainty.