August 2005 trading volumes also increased in several other categories when compared to the same month in 2004: NYBOT’s agricultural futures contracts rose 32%; agricultural options were up 21%; currency futures jumped 61%; currency options rose 16%; the index futures rose 59%, and the options were up 6%.
NYBOT’s year-to-date (YTD) combined futures and options trading volumes climbed 14% to 24,468,405 contracts. The Exchange’s futures and options markets individually saw impressive growth, with futures rising 16%, and options gaining 8%. Additionally, commodity futures contract volume at NYBOT saw a 15% increase, and commodity options rose 7%. NYBOT’s financial marketplace also saw gains in business, with currency futures up 31% and index options rising 34%.
Some August 2005 product highlights (all YTD trading volumes) include:
- Sugar No. 11sm futures (symbol SB) - up 26%
- Cotton No. 2sm futures (symbol CT) - up 21%
- Cocoa options (symbol CC) - up 30%
- Coffee “C”® options (symbol KC) - up 32%
- U.S. Dollar Index® futures (symbol DX®) - up 36%
- Russell 1000® Index options (symbol R) - up 61%
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, 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.
