By NEWS RELEASE
Phone: 800.827.4746 Fax: 612.339.1155 Email: marketing@mgex.com
MINNEAPOLIS - MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), reports 16,917 futures and options contracts traded during yesterday's trading session, hitting the top 15 daily Exchange volume records.
Electronic trades accounted for 15,394 contracts traded, the eighth highest in Exchange history. Exchange for physical (EFP) volume accounted for 1,401 contracts traded. The record was dominated by futures contracts, with futures volume coming in at 16,725 contracts traded. Options volume was reported at 192 contracts traded. Open interest came in at 69,819 contracts.
"These volume records are a great start to a new year of trading," said Mark G. Bagan, President & CEO, MGEX. "I look forward to seeing what the rest of 2014 brings for the Exchange and reaching another record-setting year."
More information on MGEX volume and open interest can be found at www.mgex.com.
About MGEX
MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), was established in 1881 and is the only market for Hard Red Spring Wheat (HRSW), Apple Juice Concentrate (AJC), National Corn Index
(NCI), National Soybean Index (NSI), Hard Red Winter Wheat Index (HRWI), Hard Red Spring Wheat Index (HRSI)
and Soft Red Winter Wheat Index (SRWI) futures and options. To learn more about MGEX visit www.mgex.com.
130 Grain Exchange Bldg. 400 S. 4th St., Minneapolis, MN 55415-1413, www.mgex.com
An equal opportunity employer
|
distributed by
|
