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The Chicago Board of Trade today announced that it set an all-time record for trading volume Tuesday, as total Exchange volume surpassed 11 million contracts. The new CBOT volume record, 11,196,830 contracts, was 44 percent better than the previous all-time record, 7,791,833 contracts, set on November 28, 2006.

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) today announced that trading in its 10-year Interest Rate Swaps contract set a record on Friday, February 23, 2007, as volume climbed above 15,000 contracts for the first time. The new record, 15,782 contracts, surpasses the previous record, 14,835 contracts, set on March 13, 2003.

The Chicago Board of Trade announced plans to launch a new 30-year Interest Rate Swap futures contract on March 19, 2007.

The Chicago Board of Trade today announced that open interest in its Binary options on the Target Federal Funds Rate contract exceeded 20,000 contracts on Wednesday, February 7. The new open interest record, 20,798 contracts, tops the previous record of 19,357 contracts set on September 19, 2006.

The Chicago Board of Trade announced that its new futures contract based on the Dow JonesSM U.S. Real Estate IndexSM (DJUSRE) will launch on February 21, 2007. The electronically-traded DJUSRE Index futures contract is designed to allow market participants to capitalize on changes in the real estate sector of the stock market, and better manage commercial real estate exposure.

The Chicago Board of Trade, one of the world’s leading derivatives exchanges, today announced that January’s total volume was 65,968,217 contracts, an increase of 20 percent over January 2006. Volume for the month averaged 3,141,344 contracts per day, up 14 percent from the same month last year. Average daily volume (ADV) on the Exchange’s e-cbot® electronic trading platform was 2,365,319 contracts in January, a 22 percent increase compared with January 2006.

CBOT Holdings, Inc., holding company for the Chicago Board of Trade, today announced record revenue of $169.3 million for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2006, a 48 percent increase over the prior year period. Net income for the fourth quarter was $44.9 million, more than double last year’s fourth quarter net income of $17.7 million. Diluted earnings per share were $0.85 and $0.34, for the fourth quarter of 2006 and 2005, respectively. Growth in trading volume, higher average exchange fee rates and disciplined expense management drove these strong financial results.

The Chicago Board of Trade today announced that trading in its Agricultural options set a new daily volume record yesterday, climbing above 250,000 contracts for the first time. The new record of 252,217 contracts surpasses the previous record of 242,189 contracts set on October 13, 2006.

Euronext.liffe today announced that it will launch Raw Sugar futures and options contracts in February 2007. The Raw Sugar futures contract will be physically delivered and trade alongside the existing White Sugar contracts. The decision to launch the new contracts follows an in-depth consultation with sugar market participants worldwide.

The Chicago Board of Trade today announced that trading in its Agricultural complex set a new volume record yesterday, as volume reached 1,057,623 Agricultural futures and options contracts. The previous record, 1,047,096 contracts, was set on November 8, 2006.