CBOE Trades Over 2.6 Million Contracts On Friday, January 21 - Second Highest Single-Day Total In CBOE History

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), the world's largest options exchange, announced that reported volume at CBOE totaled 2,645,318 contracts on Friday, January 21st.Friday's total represented the second highest daily trading volume, behind the 2,788,019 contracts traded on April 18, 2001.

Friday's record volume day follows a record-setting year at CBOE, with total annual volume of 361,086,774 contracts traded in 2004-- the highest in CBOE's 31-year history.

CBOE, the world's largest options marketplace and the creator of listed options, is regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). For additional information about the CBOE and its products, visit the CBOE website at: http://www.cboe.com/.