e-miNY futures contracts set record volume.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-21 June 2002-CME: e-miNY futures contracts set record volume (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:06202002 New York, NY -- The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., and Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) announced that a record 2,921 e-miNY energy futuressm contracts traded today, compared with the previous record of 2,638 contracts on June 19.

A record 2,404 e-miNY crude oil futures contracts traded, surpassing the previous record of 1,939 contracts, also set on June 19. The new e-miNY energy futuressm trade on CME's GLOBEX electronic trading platform and clear through the New York Mercantile Exchange clearinghouse. The contracts are 40 of the size of the New York Mercantile Exchange's standard-sized crude oil and natural gas...