NYBOT'S Sugar No. 11 Contract Continues Record Pace

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®) announced today another new Sugar No. 11 futures open interest record of 263,560 contracts established January 27, 2003. The new record takes the place of the previous high of 255,207 contracts set on January 24, 2003.

NYBOT's Sugar No. 11 futures contract is 112,000 lbs. of raw centrifugal cane sugar from 29 countries throughout the world, including Australia, Brazil, India, and the United States.

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) is the parent company of the Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange, Inc. (CSCE) and the New York Cotton Exchange (NYCE). Through its two exchanges and their subsidiaries and divisions, NYBOT offers an expanding range of agricultural, currency and index products. Information about the New York Board of Trade can be found at www.nybot.com.