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NYBOT Cocoa Futures Sets New Daily Volume Record

Date 12/08/2004

Cocoa futures at the New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) yesterday set an all-time volume record with 36,681 contracts changing hands, replacing the previous high of 33,332 contracts from February 6, 2003.

Cocoa futures and options contracts trade at NYBOT from 8:00 am until 11:50 am (NY Time). The contract is 10 metric tons (22,046 pounds) of exchange-certified cocoa.

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 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.