CBOT's Electronic Trading Platform Sets New Daily Trading Record

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOTÒ) announced today its members set a new daily volume record on the exchange's electronic trading platform with 702,133 contracts traded on May 23, breaking the previous record of 636,459 contracts set on February 27, 2002. The CBOT®traded a total of 1,798,544 contracts yesterday, of which 1,096,411 were traded in the open auction marketplace, representing 61% of the overall volume.