The Brazilian Mercantile & Futures Exchange registered, on Friday, June the 8th, a historic record in trading volume: 3.88 million contracts, with a financial volume of US$ 167.2 billion The interest rate futures market also reached a record volume on the same day, with 3.16 million traded contracts, surpassing the previous record of 2.582 million […]
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BM&F Reaches Historic Record
The Brazilian Mercantile & Futures reached the historic record of 2 billion contracts traded, on Monday, April the 16th. The record was reached at 12:16pm, in the Ibovespa futures market, between the brokerage houses Ágora (buyer) and Fator (seller). The four traders responsible for the trade were: Amauri Simões de Almeida Jr. and Rodrigo Mancini […]
BM&F Mini Futures Set a Volume Record in 2006
The Brazilian Mercantile & Futures Exchange (BM&F) traded a record-breaking 8.817 million mini futures contracts in 2006. In 2005, this total amounted to 1.013 million. For 2007, BM&F plans to launch a new mini futures contract for gold. Currently, the Exchange has a portfolio of four mini futures contracts available to its investors: Live Cattle, […]