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Euronext.Liffe Commodity Products Record-Breaking Performance - 2003 Highlights

Date 06/01/2004

Euronext.liffe's Commodity Products set numerous volume and open interest records during 2003:

  • Annual volume record of 6,642,609 contracts, breaking the previous record of 5,656,483 contracts set in 2002, an increase of 17%

  • Daily volume record of 72,722 contracts on Monday 10 November, breaking the previous record of 68,039 contracts set in March 2002

  • Cocoa futures annual volume record of 2,328,609 contracts, breaking the previous record of 1,908,136 contracts set in 1993, an increase of 22%

  • Cocoa options open interest record of 54,982 contracts on Monday 30 June 2003

  • Robusta Coffee futures annual volume record of 2,320,831 contracts, breaking the previous record of 1,905,319 contracts set in 2002, an increase of 22%

  • Robusta Coffee futures daily volume record of 38,546 contracts on Wednesday 31 December 2003

  • Robusta Coffee futures open interest record of 151,984 contracts on Thursday 4 December 2003

  • White Sugar futures annual volume record of 1,062,494 contracts, breaking the previous record of 1,044,806 contracts set in 2002, an increase of 2%

  • White Sugar futures open interest record of 69,957 contracts on Friday 24 January 2003

  • Rapeseed futures annual volume record of 174,538 contracts, breaking the previous record of 165,462 contracts set in 2002, an increase of 5%

  • Milling Wheat futures annual volume record of 114,758 contracts, breaking the previous record of 107,602 contracts set in 2002, an increase of 7%

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

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. 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. Today, Euronext.liffe was the world's second largest derivatives exchange in 2003, both in terms of the volume of contracts traded and their underlying value. For further information on Euronext.liffe please visit www.liffe.com and www.euronext.com