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The Brazilian Mercantile and Futures Exchange, BM&F, closed the year 2007 with 426.36 million contracts traded. This number represents an increase of 50.35% in relation to the 283.57 million contracts traded in 2006. The markets with the best performance in 2007 were Interest Rate, Dollar, and Bovespa Index futures. Interest Rate futures, which traded 161.65 million contracts in 2006, traded 221.63 million contracts in 2007, a raise of 37.10%. Dollar futures traded 84.77 million contracts in 2007 against 52.35 million contracts during the previous year. Bovespa Index futures, which traded 13.23 million contracts in 2006, doubled its volume in 2007: 26.55 million contracts.
Another segment with heightened performance during 2007 was the mini futures market, which currently includes four products: Bovespa Index, Dollar, Coffee, and Live Cattle. Mini futures traded 14.15 million contracts throughout 2007, 60.49% more than in 2006 (8.82 million contracts).
