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January 2, 2014 Contact: Jesse Marie Green (612) 321-7122 MGEX Reports 20 Percent Volume Increase Over 2012; 49 Percent OI Increase

MINNEAPOLIS - MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), reports calendar year and December 2013 volume and open interest results.
Total Exchange volume for the calendar year totaled 1,483,657 futures and options contracts traded, a 20 percent increase over calendar year 2012. Five months made the top 25 electronic volume records: February, April, August, September and November. Additionally, August and November were top 25 total Exchange volume months, with
169,809 and 164,845 contracts traded in those months, respectively. Also in 2013, 11 months saw year over year volume growth
December 2013 total Exchange volume came in at 108,746 contracts traded, a 42 percent increase over December 2012. The Hard Red Spring Wheat (HRSW) contract accounted for 108,300 contracts traded: 105,651 futures contacts and 2,649 options contracts. The Apple Juice Concentrate (AJC) contract accounted for 446 contracts traded: 44 futures contracts and 402 options contracts. Total open interest for both contracts came in at 69,188, a 49 percent increase over December 2012.
More information on MGEX volume and open interest can be found at www.mgex.com.

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. To learn more about MGEX visit www.mgex.com.

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