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Pulp Options Contract Has Brisk First Day Of Trading At NYBOT

Date 08/03/2005

The First Day Of Trading For The New York Board Of Trade® (NYBOT®) Pulp Options Contract Showed 261 Contracts Trading On Monday, March 7. The Pulp Futures Contract, Which Started Trading Friday, March 4, Also Had A Solid Trading Day On Monday With 584 Contracts Changing Hands.

The NYBOT Pulp Contract (Symbol P) Is For 20 Air-Dry Metric Tons Of Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft (NBSK) Pulp, Which Must Be A Commercially Accepted “Prime” Grade Of A Specific Moisture, Dirt Count And Brightness. The Futures And Options Contracts Trade From 8:00 AM Until 9:30 AM (NY Time).

The Pulp Section On The NYBOT Website (Www.Nybot.Com/Pulp) Has More Information Regarding The New Contracts.

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 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.