USA - Chicago corn futures notch record trading day
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08-Sep-2010 (15 years 9 months ago)Corn futures in Chicago generated record trading Sept. 3 as signs that U.S. farmers won’t harvest as large a crop as once expected fueled buying from speculators.
A total of 556,034 corn futures contracts changed hands at the Chicago Board of Trade on Sept. 3, the exchange said today. That was the corn market’s busiest day since the CBOT began trading the grain in 1877, topping the previous one-day record of 516,076 contracts on June 12, 2008.
A total of 556,034 corn futures contracts changed hands at the Chicago Board of Trade on Sept. 3, the exchange said today. That was the corn market’s busiest day since the CBOT began trading the grain in 1877, topping the previous one-day record of 516,076 contracts on June 12, 2008.