MGEX Minneapolis Grain Exchange : 2017 Topples Over Previous Calendar Year Record

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Jan. 02, 2018

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2017 Topples Over Previous Calendar Year Record

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), has recorded the highest calendar year volume at 2,803,549 contracts. This oversees the previous record of the 2015 calendar year by 488,363 contracts and totals out to 28% higher than the total volume of 2016.

Along with this achievement, MGEX options volume for the 2017 calendar year nearly doubled the preceding record set in 2002 which was 61,226 contracts.

The Exchange additionally set a new annual electronic volume record with 2,464,319 contracts trading which surpasses the previous record by 22%.

December 2017 total volume was 115,104 contracts while the month-end open interest was recorded as higher than a year ago at this time by 13% with a total of 76,176 contracts.

Listed below are other prominent records that were recorded within the 2017 calendar year:

• • Monthly Exchange Volume

  • o Best Month: June 2017 with 489,905 contracts

  • o 7 current top 25 records recorded during 2017

• • Daily Exchange Volume

  • o Best Day: June 29, 2017 with 37,391 contracts

  • o 21 current top 25 records recorded during 2017

• • Record Open Interest

  • o Best Day: August 9, 2017 with 121,155 contracts

  • o All current top 25 days recorded during 2017

130 Grain Exchange Bldg. 400 S. 4th St., Minneapolis, MN 55415-1413,www.mgex.com

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• • Record Monthly Electronic Volume

  • o Best Month: June 2017 with 443,413 contracts

  • o 8 current top 25 months recorded during 2017

• • Record Daily Electronic Volume

  • o Best Day: June 29, 2017 with 34,917 contracts

  • o 21 current top 25 days recorded during 2017

• • Six months crushed their respective total volume records

  • o January, March, June, July, August, September

• • Three months saw options volume each over 24,000 contracts

  • o June, July, August

To view MGEX volume and open interest records, please visit our website atwww.mgex.com and click the link on the right hand side.

About MGEX

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), was established in 1881 and is the only market for Hard Red Spring Wheat (HRSW), Apple Juice Concentrate (AJC), National Corn Index (NCI), National Soybean Index (NSI), Hard Red Winter Wheat Index (HRWI), Hard Red Spring Wheat Index (HRSI), and Soft Red Winter Wheat Index (SRWI) futures and options, as well as for HRSW calendar spread options (CSOs). To learn more about MGEX visitwww.mgex.com.

130 Grain Exchange Bldg. 400 S. 4th St., Minneapolis, MN 55415-1413,www.mgex.com

An equal opportunity employer