Euronext.liffe Cocoa Contract Continues Record Breaking Run

The Euronext.liffe Cocoa contract set a new futures open interest record of 203,878 contracts at the close of business 15 November, breaking the previous record of 203,302 contracts set on 17 November 1997.

The new open interest record comes close on the heels of the recent futures and options trading volume records of 107,038 contracts and 33,410 contracts set on 4 November.

Euronext.liffe lists a broad range of Commodity Products which include Cocoa, Robusta Coffee, White Sugar, Feed Wheat, Milling Wheat, Rapeseed, Corn & Potatoes.

The products are actively traded by a diverse range of participants, including producers, exporters, trade-houses, processors and manufacturers as well as by managed funds and both institutional and short-term investors.

Free 15-minute delayed futures prices are available at www.liffe-commodities.com

Euronext.liffe is the derivatives business of Euronext, comprising the Amsterdam, Brussels, LIFFE, Lisbon and Paris derivatives markets. Business worth over €1,500 billion is traded through Euronext.liffe every day, making it the world's second largest derivatives exchange, by value of transacted business. Euronext.liffe is creating a single market for derivatives, by bringing all its derivatives products together on a single electronic trading platform, LIFFE CONNECT®. The replacement of multiple trading venues with a single market will make cross-border trading easier and cheaper. For further information on Euronext.liffe please visit www.liffe.com and www.euronext.com