CBoT pushes ag improvements

Chicago Board of Trade (CBoT) is taking measures to beef up technology in its trading pits in order to further capitalise on large volume growth in its agricultural products. The move, designed to make floor trading quicker and more efficient, prompted apparently erroneous suggestions that Eurex was preparing to mount an all-electronic offensive on CBoT's agricultural complex.

Although Eurex did not wish to comment directly, speculation about agricultural contracts...