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IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading electronic energy marketplace and soft commodity exchange, announced that its U.K. regulated ICE Futures subsidiary and its U.S. regulated New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) subsidiary both established new daily volume records yesterday.
On May 15, ICE Futures established a daily volume record in the benchmark ICE Brent Crude futures contract of 387,422 contracts, exceeding the previous record set on March 29 of 384,281 contracts. At NYBOT, electronic trading in the soft commodity futures contracts reached a new high of 164,064 contracts, exceeding the prior daily high on April 16 of 156,600 contracts.
In addition, a new daily record in NYBOT Sugar No. 11(SM) of 140,750 electronically traded futures contracts was established, surpassing the prior record of 104,935 contracts traded on April 10.
Also yesterday, NYBOT announced the introduction of electronic trading on ICE for the U.S. Dollar Index(R) (USDX) and the Russell 1000(R) full- and mini-sized indexes beginning on June 15.
ICE successfully introduced side-by-side trading for NYBOT's soft commodity contracts on February 2, 2007. Contracts offered include futures based on cocoa, coffee, cotton, orange juice and sugar. In April, approximately 60% of NYBOT's soft commodity futures contracts were traded electronically on the ICE platform.
About IntercontinentalExchange
IntercontinentalExchange(R) (NYSE: ICE) operates the leading global,
electronic marketplace for trading both futures and OTC energy contracts and
the leading soft commodity exchange. ICE's markets offer access to a range of
contracts based on crude oil and refined products, natural gas, power and
emissions, as well as agricultural commodities including cocoa, coffee,
cotton, ethanol, orange juice, wood pulp and sugar, in addition to currency
and index futures and options. ICE(R) conducts its energy futures markets
through its U.K. regulated London-based subsidiary, ICE Futures, Europe's
leading energy exchange. ICE Futures offers liquid markets in the world's
leading oil benchmarks, Brent Crude futures and West Texas Intermediate (WTI)
Crude futures, trading nearly half of the world's global crude futures by
volume of commodity traded. ICE conducts its agricultural commodity futures
and options markets through its U.S. regulated subsidiary, the New York Board
of Trade(R). For more than a century, the NYBOT(R) has provided global
markets for food, fiber and financial products. ICE was added to the Russell
1000(R) Index on June 30, 2006. Headquartered in Atlanta, ICE also has
offices in Calgary, Chicago, Houston, London, New York and Singapore. For more
information, please visit www.theice.com and www.nybot.com.
