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Euronext.Liffe Cocoa Options Post Open Interest Record

Date 01/07/2003

Euronext.liffe's Cocoa options contract posted an Open Interest record of 54,907 lots on Friday 27 June, breaking the previous record of 53,376 lots set on 28 February 2003.

Euronext.liffe's Cocoa contract trades from 09:30 to 16:50 (London time) and is relied upon as the global benchmark for the pricing of physical Cocoa. It is actively traded by producers, exporters, trade houses, importers, processors and chocolate manufacturers as well as by managed funds and both institutional and short-term investors. There are ten delivery months available for trading which include March, May, July, September & December.

Cocoa forms part of a diverse range of commodity products traded at Euronext.liffe, which also includes Robusta Coffee, White Sugar, Feed Wheat, Milling Wheat, Rapeseed, Corn, Sunflower Seeds, Potatoes, Pigs and Weather.

For free 15 minute delayed prices please visit www.liffe-commodities.com

Euronext was formed by the merger of the Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris cash and derivatives exchanges in September 2000. The Euronext Group has since grown further, adding BVLP (the Portuguese cash and derivatives exchange) and LIFFE (The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange). Starting with the Brussels and Paris market migrations in Spring, 2003 and continuing with the transfer of the Amsterdam and Lisbon markets, the replacement of multiple trading venues with a single market supported by a state-of-the-art electronic trading system will reduce costs for both Euronext.liffe itself and its customers, and make cross-border trading easier and cheaper. For further information on Euronext.liffe please visit www.liffe.com and www.euronext.com