MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), today announced a 16 percent increase in total Exchange volume from October 2011. Additionally, total volume had a 17 percent increase from September 2012. Total Hard Red Spring Wheat (HRSW) and Apple Juice Concentrate (AJC) reached 106,796 contracts traded. Futures contracts traded accounted for 106,372 contracts of total volume, while options contracts accounted for 424 contracts.
Total open interest for futures and options came in at 46,317 contracts, a 17 percent increase from six months ago. Of that, futures open interest totaled 42,852 contracts, while options open interest totaled 3,465 contracts.
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