CBOT Nov volume slumps 53 pct to 52.2 mln contracts

CHICAGO, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Trading volume at the Chicago
Board of Trade was 52.7 percent lower in November at 52,269,007
contracts, compared with 110,483,289 contracts traded in
November 2007, the CBOT said in its monthly volume report.

The year-to-date volume through November was 921,939,389
contracts, compared with 963,363,821 contracts for the same
period in 2007, a decrease of 4.3 percent.

Volume breakdowns for key contracts were as follows:

VOLUME VOLUME PERCENT

NOV 2008 NOV 2007 CHANGE
Commodity Futures
CORN 4,448,554 4,615,561 -3.6%
SOYBEAN 1,910,513 2,521,324 -24.2%
SOYBEAN MEAL 837,076 1,218,752 -31.3%
SOYBEAN OIL 1,252,410 1,324,409 -5.4%
OATS 23,978 48,488 -50.5%
ROUGH RICE 12,738 24,775 -48.6%
WHEAT 1,644,490 2,109,675 -22.1%
Commodity Options
CORN 1,207,185 1,025,920 17.7%
SOYBEAN 364,709 685,379 -46.8%
SOYBEAN MEAL 58,715 48,326 21.5%
SOYBEAN OIL 53,988 184,524 -70.7%
OATS 1,311 1,252 4.7%
ROUGH RICE 1,154 2,146 -46.2%
WHEAT 190,816 442,906 -56.9%
Interest Rate Futures
30-YR BOND 5,267,631 11,146,156 -52.7%
10-YR NOTE 11,826,567 36,890,669 -67.9%
5-YR NOTE 8,057,905 21,271,633 -62.1%
2-YR NOTE 4,067,926 8,849,735 -54.0%
FED FUND 783,268 1,670,449 -53.1%
Interest Rate Options
30-YR BOND 1,002,008 1,415,672 -29.2%
10-YR NOTE 2,757,304 5,789,143 -52.4%
5-YR NOTE 581,111 1,835,618 -68.3%
2-YR NOTE 80,339 204,039 -60.6%
FED FUND 440,898 854,965 -48.4%
Equity Index Futures
DJIA 99,607 95,101 4.7%
MINI $5 DOW 7,327,805 3,804,987 92.6%
Equity Index Options
DJIA 53,397 91,014 -41.3%
MINI $5 DOW 5,124,121 4,839,243 5.9%
Metals Futures
GOLD 100 OZ 0 733,078 -100.0%
SILVER 5000 OZ 0 154,384 -100.0%
MINI GOLD 0 185,769 -100.0%
MINI SILVER 0 66,855 -100.0%
GRAND TOTAL 52,269,007 110,483,289 -52.7%
(Reporting by Alyce Hinton; Editing by Marguerita Choy)