This is the third monthly volume record for 2005 and surpasses the previous records of 158,251 contracts (June 2005) and 155,706 contracts (February 2005).
Euronext.liffe lists a broad range of Commodity Products which include Cocoa, Robusta Coffee, White Sugar, Feed Wheat, Milling Wheat, Rapeseed, Corn & Potatoes, all of which trade exclusively on LIFFE CONNECT®.
The contracts 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 €1,100 billion is traded through Euronext.liffe every day, making it the world's second largest derivatives exchange, by value of transacted business. Euronext.liffe has created 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