New York Board Of Trade Reports Total Options Volume Record

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) has reported a new total options volume record of 50,620 calls and puts on July 18, 2000. This eclipses the previous record of 47,909 on June 2, 2000.

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) is the parent company of the Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange, Inc. (CSCE) and the New York Cotton Exchange (NYCE). Through its two exchanges and their subsidiaries and divisions, which include Citrus Associates, FINEX and the New York Futures Exchange (NYFE), NYBOT offers a variety of agricultural, financial and index products. The Cantor Exchange (CX), a joint venture with eSpeed, Inc., provides the first full-time, electronic market for U.S. Treasury and Agency futures.