Article: Little future in gold; CBOT losing trading volume in lucrative metal-thanks to its would-be owner.(News)(Chicago Board of Trade )(Chicago Mercantile Exchange)

Byline: ANN SAPHIR

The Chicago Board of Trade is losing marketshare in its most lucrative futures contract, gold, and its would-be acquirer, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, is to blame.

Starting in 2004, the CBOT waged an aggressive-and successful-campaign to take gold-trading volume away from the New York Mercantile Exchange by offering gold futures on the CBOT's electronic trading system. But in December, the Nymex, which previously had only offered face-to-face trading in gold, started taking volume back after it began offering its futures contracts on the CME's electronic trading platform.

"There was a big gap there that needed to be filled in the electronic ...

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