NYBOT® Reports Additional Open Interest Record For Sugar Options; Cocoa Futures

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) yesterday reported another new open interest record of 120,741 Sugar options puts for August 9, 2000 over the prior open interest record of 120,278 realized on August 8, 2000.

In addition, a new open interest record of 117,645 Cocoa futures was reported for August 9, 2000 over the previous open interest record of 117,026 reached on August 7, 2000.

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) is the parent company of the Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange, Inc. (CSCE) and the New York Cotton Exchange (NYCE). Through its two exchanges and their subsidiaries and divisions, which include Citrus Associates, FINEX and the New York Futures Exchange (NYFE), NYBOT offers a variety of agricultural, financial and index products. The Cantor Exchange (CX), a joint venture with eSpeed, Inc., provides the first full-time, electronic market for U.S. Treasury and Agency futures.