New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) copper options set a monthly volume record of 31,560 contracts in February, exceeding the record of 30,251 contracts traded in November 1996.
Nymex also said it would launch options on its PJM monthly electricity futures contract on 5 March. The options contract will be available for trading for consecutive months beginning with the May 2004 contract through the December 2006 contract.
MSCI Taiwan futures contract set new daily volume and open interest records at 113,422 and 117,777 contracts respectively on 25 February. These surpassed the daily volume (92,529 contracts) and open interest (112,527 contracts) records set on 27 and...