Euronext.liffe’s Robusta Coffee options contract set an all-time open interest record of 100,649 contracts on the 13 February, breaking the 100,000 mark for the first time in the contract’s history.
The strong performance of Robusta Coffee options contract continues five years of record trading activity for Euronext.liffe’s Robusta Coffee market, with 2006 posting the following highlights;
- Fifth consecutive annual futures volume record of 3,550,938 contracts
- Options annual volume record of 467,706 contracts, an increase of 99% over 2005
- Options daily volume record of 13,668 contracts, 12 December 2006
Ian Dudden, Director of Commodity Products at Euronext.liffe commented: “The continued strong performance of our Robusta Coffee contracts underlines the benefit of them being availability globally on LIFFE CONNECT®, the electronic trading system of choice for the soft commodity markets.”
Euronext.liffe lists a broad range of commodity futures and options contracts which include Cocoa, Robusta Coffee, White Sugar, Feed Wheat, Milling Wheat, Rapeseed, Rapeseed Oil, Corn and from 20 February, Raw Sugar.
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 €1,500 billion is traded through Euronext.liffe every day, making it the world's second largest derivatives exchange, by value of transacted business. Euronext.liffe 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 has made cross-border trading easier and cheaper. For further information on Euronext.liffe please visit www.euronext.com/derivatives
