In addition April 2004 closed as the best ever April for both the Brent Crude and Gas Oil futures contracts, with 2,070,175 lots and 723,968 lots traded respectively. Collectively, these volumes represent 2.6 Billion barrels of crude oil and an underlying value of over $92 Billion.
The performance of the two contracts in turn contributed to record total Exchange volume for April, with 2,857,343 lots traded during the month.
