CBoT launches side-by-side ethanol trading

Chicago Board of Trade (CBoT) launched side-by-side trading its ethanol futures contract on 31 May, a move that exchange officials hope will jump-start the contract.

As the second agriculture contract to be launched side-by-side after South American soybeans (see FO Week Vol 11 No 20), the exchange was hoping that listing the contract on the E-CBoT trading platform during pit trading hours will stimulate more trading in the product.

On its first side-by-side...