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IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading electronic energy marketplace and soft commodity exchange, announced that its New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) subsidiary today exceeded the 400,000 contract mark for the first time, setting a new daily volume record with 407,150 contracts traded. Also yesterday, NYBOT established a new electronic trading record of 220,372 contracts.
On Monday, June 11, NYBOT achieved its second all-time daily volume record in a week, after setting a new high on June 5 of 396,909 contracts. NYBOT’s new electronically traded soft commodity futures volume record surpassed the June 5 record of 219,875 contracts.
Also on June 11, NYBOT set a new daily electronic trading record in Cocoa futures with 31,876 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® (USDX) and the Russell 1000® full- and mini-sized indexes this Friday, June 15.
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
Statements in this press release regarding IntercontinentalExchange’s business that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see the Company’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including, but not limited to, the risk factors in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007, each as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2007 and May 4, 2007, respectively.
On Monday, June 11, NYBOT achieved its second all-time daily volume record in a week, after setting a new high on June 5 of 396,909 contracts. NYBOT’s new electronically traded soft commodity futures volume record surpassed the June 5 record of 219,875 contracts.
Also on June 11, NYBOT set a new daily electronic trading record in Cocoa futures with 31,876 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® (USDX) and the Russell 1000® full- and mini-sized indexes this Friday, June 15.
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
Statements in this press release regarding IntercontinentalExchange’s business that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see the Company’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including, but not limited to, the risk factors in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007, each as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2007 and May 4, 2007, respectively.
