NYMEX Energy Futures Contracts Set Daily Volume Records on CME Globex(R)
November 09 2006 - 11:02AM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW YORK, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The New York Mercantile
Exchange, Inc. announced today that it set daily volume records for
total energy, crude oil, heating oil, RBOB gasoline, and palladium
futures contracts traded on the CME Globex electronic trading
platform yesterday. Total energy futures traded a record 478,795
contracts, exceeding the 437,601 contracts traded on November 7.
Crude oil futures reached 284,716 contracts, topping the 254,330
contracts traded on November 7. Heating oil futures totaled 33,067
contracts, surpassing the 29,715 contracts traded on October 30.
RBOB gasoline futures reached 22,074 contracts, exceeding the
19,016 contracts traded on October 31. Palladium futures traded
1,022 contracts, surpassing the 808 contracts traded on May 30.
Total light sweet crude oil futures, traded via open outcry and on
CME Globex, traded a record 467,338 contracts, beating the previous
record of 428,128 contracts traded on September 13. NYMEX launched
its physically settled futures contracts for trading on CME Globex
during regular open outcry trading hours on September 5, following
its initial offering of financially settled, standard-sized and
NYMEX miNY energy futures contracts for trading on CME Globex on
June 12. Access to electronic trading of NYMEX products is
available virtually 24 hours a day on CME Globex. For more
information, go to http://www.nymexoncmeglobex.com/ .
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