CCFE sets new record
Chicago Climate Futures Exchange recorded a new trading record on July 25. CCFE established the new record for total daily volume in CCFE carbon financial instrument options when 755 contracts was traded, surpassing the previous record set on February 29 when 550 contracts were traded.
CCFE CFI futures and options have traded 21,246 contracts year-to-date in 2008, compared to 3,566 contracts traded in 2007.
Nymex’s natural gas contracts soarThe New York Mercantile Exchange set daily volume records on July 24 for total natural gas futures contracts traded via electronic and open outcry trading and natural gas futures contracts traded on the CME Globex electronic trading platform.Total natural gas futures, via electronic and open outcry trading, reached 403,106 contracts, surpassing the 327,942 contracts traded on July 17. Natural gas futures on CME Globex traded 357,443 contracts, topping the 293,656 contracts traded on July 17.Nymex launched its physically...