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IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading electronic energy marketplace and soft commodity exchange, announced that yesterday, its New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) subsidiary surpassed the 100,000 volume mark for the first time in total NYBOT Cotton No. 2 SM futures and options. The exchange also established a second consecutive volume record in electronically traded NYBOT Cotton No. 2 futures on Thursday, June 14.
Total NYBOT Cotton futures and options volume yesterday was a record 104,536 contracts. NYBOT set a new daily electronic trading record in Cotton futures with 33,372 contracts, surpassing the June 13 record of 26,038 contracts.
ICE successfully introduced side-by-side trading for NYBOT's soft commodity contracts in February, including futures based on cocoa, coffee, cotton, orange juice and sugar. In May, electronic trading represented 71% of soft commodity futures volume. NYBOT today introduced electronic trading for the U.S. Dollar Index(R) (USDX) and the Russell 1000(R) full- and mini-sized indexes.
About IntercontinentalExchange
IntercontinentalExchange(R) (NYSE: ICE) operates the leading global,
electronic marketplace for trading both futures and OTC energy contracts and
the leading soft commodity exchange. ICE's markets offer access to a range of
contracts based on crude oil and refined products, natural gas, power and
emissions, as well as agricultural commodities including cocoa, coffee,
cotton, ethanol, orange juice, wood pulp and sugar, in addition to currency
and index futures and options. ICE(R) conducts its energy futures markets
through its U.K. regulated London-based subsidiary, ICE Futures, Europe's
leading energy exchange. ICE Futures offers liquid markets in the world's
leading oil benchmarks, Brent Crude futures and West Texas Intermediate (WTI)
Crude futures, trading nearly half of the world's global crude futures by
volume of commodity traded. ICE conducts its agricultural commodity futures
and options markets through its U.S. regulated subsidiary, the New York Board
of Trade(R). For more than a century, the NYBOT(R) has provided global
markets for food, fiber and financial products. ICE was added to the Russell
1000(R) Index on June 30, 2006. Headquartered in Atlanta, ICE also has
offices in Calgary, Chicago, Houston, London, New York and Singapore. For more
information, please visit www.theice.com and www.nybot.com.
