Exchange-wide futures and options reached 13,471,425 contracts, surpassing the prior monthly record of 12,531,079 contracts set in April 2002.
Exchange-wide futures volume reached 10,919,376 contracts, topping the previous monthly record of 9,950,563 contracts set in May 2002.
NYMEX Division futures and options monthly volume reached 11,382,168 contracts, exceeding the record of 11,184,840 contracts set in April 2002.
NYMEX Division futures monthly volume reached 9,122,482, contracts, surpassing the record of 8,701,270 contracts traded in October 2002.
Energy futures monthly volume reached a record of 9,102,737 contracts, topping the record of 8,687,726 contracts set in October 2002.
Light sweet, crude oil futures reached 4,552,910 contracts for the month, in comparison to the previous record of 4,397,015 contracts set in October 2002.
NYMEX Division heating oil futures volume reached 1,340,140 contracts, surpassing the previous monthly record of 1,085,683 contracts set in January 1994. This included 32,889 heating oil futures contracts on NYMEX ACCESS®, which surpassed the record of 25,943 contracts set in September 2001.
NYMEX ACCESS® monthly volume reached 570,568 contracts this past month, surpassing the previous record of 520,498 contracts set in April 2002.
COMEX Division volume on NYMEX ACCESS® reached 81,482 contracts, surpassing the previous record of 61,970 contracts set in October 1999.
Gold futures volume on NYMEX ACCESS® reached 65,793 contracts for the month, topping the record set in October 1999 with 48,189 contracts.
Exchange President J. Robert Collins, Jr., said, "Trading activity for the month of January is a perfect follow-up to the success we experienced in 2002 and a strong indication of the escalating industry demand liquidity, transparency and efficiency of the New York Mercantile Exchange markets. Exchange-wide activity was up 26% in January over the same period last year, which was the most successful in our history. These volume figures do not include off-Exchange trades posted to the NYMEX ClearPortsm trading platform, which is also continuing to accelerate."
