New York Mercantile Exchange Sets A Record For Overnight Futures Trading

An overnight record of 54,913 energy and metals futures contracts traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange ACCESS® electronic trading platform last night, exceeding the previous record of 52,812 contracts traded during the May 10 session.

The only time more volume traded on NYMEX ACCESS® was during the two–hour special daytime session on September 14, 2001, when 69,790 contracts were traded, the first time the market was open after the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center.