Individual product increases (YTD):
-Sugar No. 11sm (symbol SB) futures contract (up 25%) and Sugar No. 11 options (up 122%)
-Wood Pulp (symbol P) futures (up 53%)
-U.S. Dollar Index® (symbol DX) futures (up 52%)
-Russell 1000® Index (symbol R) futures (up 20%)
-Orange Juice (symbol OJ) futures (up 19%)
-Cotton No. 2sm (symbol CT) futures (up 10%)
-Cocoa (symbol CC) futures (up 10%)
“Trading at NYBOT during the month of April was very strong, over four million contracts traded for the second time in our 136-year history,” said Joseph O’Neill, NYBOT Senior Vice President. ”We continue to see record growth in our business and we believe these increases will continue for some time.”
Category YTD Volumes
|
|
2006 YTD |
2005 YTD |
% Increase |
|
Total Ag Futures |
10,225,608 |
8,831,117 |
16% |
|
Total Ag Options |
3,993,359 |
2,905,527 |
37% |
|
Total Currency Futures |
1,282,129 |
895,299 |
43% |
|
Total Index Futures |
264,656 |
232,529 |
14% |
|
Total Futures |
11,772,393 |
9,958,945 |
18% |
|
Total Options |
4,061,810 |
3,010,830 |
35% |
|
Total Futures & Options |
15,834,203 |
12,969,775 |
22% |
Individual Product YTD Volumes
|
|
2006 YTD |
2005 YTD |
% Increase |
|
Sugar No. 11 Futures |
5,605,049 |
4,476,507 |
25% |
|
Sugar No. 11 Options |
2,343,004 |
1,053,292 |
122% |
|
Wood Pulp |
9,780 |
6,397 |
53% |
|
US Dollar Index Futures |
432,828 |
285,034 |
52% |
|
Russell 1000 Index Futures |
256,217 |
213,801 |
20% |
|
FCOJ Futures |
338,617 |
284,641 |
19% |
|
Cotton Futures |
1,698,988 |
1,546,790 |
10% |
|
Cocoa Futures |
997,385 |
906,261 |
10% |
The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) is New York’s original futures exchange, where the world trades food, fiber and financial products. For well over a century, the New York Board of Trade has provided reliability, integrity and security in a global marketplace for cocoa, coffee, cotton, ethanol, orange juice, wood pulp and sugar, as well as currency and index futures and options. Information about the New York Board of Trade can be found at www.nybot.com and www.nybotlive.com. To learn more about New York Board of Trade Futures & Options for Kids, the Exchange’s non-profit group, please go to www.futuresandoptionsforkids.org.
