Overall volume on NYMEX ACCESS® reached 100,767 contracts, exceeding the 100,568 contracts traded on July 7. Natural gas futures hit 18,333 contracts, surpassing the 18,010 contracts traded on February 25, 2003. Heating oil futures traded 8,457 contracts, breaking the previous record of 7,023 contracts traded on November 9, 2004.
NYMEX President James E. Newsome said, "We are pleased that the marketplace has taken advantage of our electronic trading platform to continue conducting business overnight. NYMEX strives to give its customers the best trading tools available to help mitigate their risk."
