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FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

NYBOT® Reports New Records In Several Contract Markets

Date 08/09/2000

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) today reported new open interest and volume records for the following contract markets:

Sugar Option Puts Open Interest:

Record, September 7, 2000 – 128,591

Previous, September 5, 2000 –126,900

Cocoa Futures Open Interest:

Record, September 7, 2000 – 121,561

Previous, September 6, 2000 – 120,288

Australian Dollar/Canadian Dollar Futures Open Interest:

Record, September 7, 2000 – 956

Previous, August 23, 2000 – 488

Australian Dollar/Canadian Dollar Futures Volume:

Record, September 7, 2000 – 936

Previous, July 20, 2000 – 342

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.