NYMEX Reports First Quarter Net Revenue, Income

NYMEX Holdings, Inc. yesterday reported record net revenue and income for the first quarter of 2006.

NYMEX filed its 10Q and reported net revenue of $114.2 million as compared to $72.7 million for the first quarter of 2005 representing a 57.1 % increase. In the first quarter ending March 31, 2006, net income increased 171.1% to $33.6 million as compared to $12.4 million in the first quarter of 2005. Daily average contracts traded rose to 1,082,046 in the first quarter of 2006, a 39.1% increase over the 777,737 daily average during the same period in 2005.