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