World Sugar Futures Contract Sets Another New Open Interest Record At NYBOT

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®) announced today that its Sugar No. 11 futures contract set an open interest record of 226,300 contracts on January 2, 2003, replacing the previous high of 222,585 contracts set on December 31, 2002.

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.