Midam’s January 2001 Volume At 64,141 Contracts

Date 02/02/2001

The MidAmerica Commodity Exchange, a wholly-owned affiliate of the Chicago Board of Trade, announced today trading volume of 64,141 contracts for January 2001.

Total exchange month-end open interest: 18,058
MidAm average daily volume: 3,054
Agricultural futures and options complex trade was 50,293
Wheat futures were up 103.7% from December 2000 , up 7.4% from January 2000 at 5,843
Corn futures were up 82.9% from December 2000 at 19,862
Live Cattle futures were up 75.4% from December 2000, up 12.8% from January 2000 at 1,086
Financial futures and options complex trade was 8,472 up 7.9% from December 2000
Currency futures complex trade was 4,595
Metals futures and options complex trade was 781