Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange saw open interest in its cotton futures contract reach a new high of 174,308 on March 6. The new high beats the previous record of 171,230 set on October 22, 2007. On March 5 trading volume of cotton futures also reached a new peak of 355,556 contracts surpassing its previous record of 182,568 a day earlier.
Nordic Exchange OMX, the exchange recently incorporated into Nasdaq OMX Group, recorded a new record in fixed-income derivatives in February. Average daily trading volume totaled 158,836 contracts surpassing the previous record of 136,948 contracts per day, set in September 2007. NYSE Euronext has completed its $200m acquisition of Wombat Financial Software. Wombat will join TransactTools as part of the newly formed NYSE Euronext Advanced Trading Solutions division.
New York Mercantile Exchange recorded a new daily volume records traded on CME Globex while also reporting a...