KCBT Sets New Annual Volume Records In 2005 - Kansas City Board Of Trade Sets New Exchange, Wheat Futures Volume Records In 2005

The Kansas City Board of Trade set new annual volume records for the exchange as a whole and for the wheat futures contract in 2005. Total exchange volume for 2005 amounted to 3,953,536 contracts, topping the previous record of 3,326,836 contracts set in 2002 by 18.8 percent.

For the tenth time in 12 years, the KCBT set a new annual trading volume record in the hard red winter wheat futures contract. Trading volume for 2005 was 3,682,919 contracts, breaking the previous annual record of 2,833,370 contracts set last year by 30 percent.

The Kansas City Board of Trade, chartered in 1876, is the world's largest futures market for hard red winter wheat.

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