CBOT Wheat Futures Contract Sets Annual Volume Record With 36 Trading Days Remaining In 1999

The Chicago Board of Trade announced yesterday that CBOT members set a new annual volume record in the wheat futures contract Friday, trading 5,681,579 contracts so far this year. The former annual volume record of 5,681,569 contracts was set in 1998. For more information on the CBOT agricultural, financial and equity markets, visit our web site at www.cbot.com.