Yesterday's record day brought a/c/e year-to-date volume to a total 21,324,166, with the CBOT® 30-Year Treasury Bond averaging a daily volume of 81,348 contracts, the 10-Year Note averaging daily volume of 64,934 contracts, and the 5-Year Note averaging daily volume of 21,626 contracts.
Last week, the Chicago Board of Trade began its implementations of software enhancements to the a/c/e trading platform. These enhancements will provide continued access for the CBOT®'s multi-market customers trading CBOT® and Eurex products on the existing platform, following Eurex's fourth quarter upgrade.
For more information about the CBOT®'s open outcry and electronic markets go to www.cbot.com.