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NYBOT To List Agricultural And Financial Products On Electronic Platform

Date 20/06/2006

The Board of Governors of the New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) has decided to extend its product listings for electronic trading to include its agricultural products. Previously, the Exchange adopted a policy that called for its financial contracts to be made available on an electronic platform. Plans for an electronic trading system are in development at NYBOT, the world’s leading “soft” commodity exchange.

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) is New York’s original futures exchange, where the world trades food, fiber and financial products. For well over a century, the New York Board of Trade has provided reliability, integrity and security in a global marketplace for cocoa, coffee, cotton, ethanol, orange juice, wood pulp and sugar, as well as currency and index futures and options. Information about the New York Board of Trade can be found at www.nybot.com and www.nybotlive.com. To learn more about New York Board of Trade Futures & Options for Kids, the Exchange’s non-profit group, please go to www.futuresandoptionsforkids.org.