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IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading electronic energy marketplace and soft commodity exchange, announced that for the second time this week, its New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) subsidiary set exchange-wide and electronic volume records. NYBOT also established a new record in electronically traded Cotton No. 2SM futures.
On Wednesday, June 13, NYBOT exchange-wide volume reached a record 414,701 contracts, surpassing the previous high established on June 11 of 407,150 contracts. NYBOT also set a new daily electronic volume record with 232,371 contracts traded, exceeding the June 11 record of 220,372 contracts by 5.4%.
Also on June 13, NYBOT set a new daily electronic trading record in Cotton futures with 26,038 contracts, surpassing the record established on June 5 of 22,410 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 will introduce electronic trading for the U.S. Dollar Index(R) (USDX) and the Russell 1000(R) full- and mini-sized indexes tomorrow.
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.
