Yesterday’s record day brought a/c/e volume since inception on August 27, 2000, to a total of 13,687,743, with the CBOT® 30-Year Treasury Bond averaging a daily volume on a/c/e of 62,561 contracts, the 10-Year Note averaging daily volume of 56,472 contracts, and the 5-Year Note averaging daily volume of 17,469 contracts.
CBOT® Chairman Nickolas J. Neubauer said, "a/c/e’s ability to continually break its volume records is an indication of the trading community’s continued confidence in both the CBOT®’s premier electronic and open outcry markets, and their recognition of the CBOT®’s ability to provide the most liquid markets for risk management and price discovery. By providing the best risk management tools and the most liquid markets in the world - day or night – our customers continue to use CBOT® products during times of economic volatility."