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Article: CBOT Full-Sized Gold Futures Set Record as Volume Surpasses 70,000 Contracts.
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- October 5, 2006
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CHICAGO, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT(R)) today announced that trading of its Full-sized (100 oz.) Gold Futures contract reached an all-time high yesterday, as volume surpassed 70,000 for the first time. The new record of 72,193 contracts tops the previous high mark of 69,432 contracts set on September 11, 2006.
On October 2, the contract's market share of listed Gold futures traded in North America climbed above 60 percent for the first time, capturing 64 percent of all Gold futures volume traded that day. The contract maintained a 54 percent market share for the month of September. Also during that month, the CBOT Gold ...