NYBOT® Reports Fourth Consecutive Sugar Option Puts Open Interest Record

On August 31, 2000, the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) reported a new open interest record of 124,578 Sugar option puts, eclipsing the previous open interest mark of 124,530 on August 30, 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.