Record Day For IPE Gas Oil Futures On Ets II

Today, IPE Gas Oil futures traded a record of 1437 lots on ETS II, the IPE’s electronic trading system, between the hours of 0800 and 0900 London time. The previous daily high was set on 30 August when 1013 lots were traded.

Since the IPE extended Gas Oil on 19 June there has been in excess of 14,000 lots traded. This additional volume contributed to a record month for August 2000 for Gas Oil futures where 712,690 lots were traded, breaking the previous monthly record set in March 1999 of 660,233 lots.