Kansas City Board of Trade set a new single-day volume record on 13 June. Total exchange volume totalled 43,103 contracts, exceeding the previous single-day volume record of 41,248 contracts set on 5 October, 2006. Electronic trading volume of 11,968 contracts set a new single-day record, topping the previous record of 9,876 contracts set just the day before.
New York Board of Trade (Nybot) surpassed the 100,000 volume mark for the first time in total Nybot cotton No 2 futures and options. The exchange also established a second consecutive volume record in electronically traded Nybot cotton No. 2 futures on 14 June. Total Nybot cotton futures and options volume was a record 104,536 contracts. The exchange also set a new daily electronic trading record in Cotton futures with 33,372 contracts, surpassing the 13 June record of 26,038 contracts....