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Coffee Options Contract Sets New Daily Record at NYBOT

Date 17/10/2002

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®) announced today a new daily volume record in coffee options of 22,177 contracts, established on Tuesday, October 15, 2002. The previous record was 19,308 contracts set on October 13, 1999.

NYBOT's Coffee "C" contract has set several records this year, in particular three Open Interest records on February 4, 6, and 14, 2002, and another Open Interest record set on August 2, 2002. NYBOT's Coffee "C", Mini "C" and options on the Regular Coffee "C" trade from 9:00 am until 11:45 am (NY Time).

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) is the parent company of the Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange, Inc. (CSCE) and the New York Cotton Exchange (NYCE). Through its two exchanges and their subsidiaries and divisions, NYBOT offers an expanding range of agricultural, currency and index products.