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World Sugar Contract Posts Latest NYBOT Record

Date 31/01/2003

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today the latest in a string of nine open interest records for its Sugar No. 11 futures contract of 266,752 contracts established on January 30, 2003. The previous record was 265,952 contracts set on January 29, 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.