The New York Mercantile Exchange said last week that two seats on the Nymex Division set records in consecutive days. On Thursday, a seat sold for $3 million, surpassing the $2.85 million record sale set on September 27 (see Daily GPI, Sept. 28; Oct. 21) On Friday, a seat sold for $3.1 million, the most ever for a seat on any futures exchange. Ownership of a seat on the Nymex Division also represents a share of common stock in Nymex Holdings Inc. “It is a dynamic time for the exchange and its markets, and we have seen unprecedented growth in volumes as we have continued to meet the evolving risk management needs of the industry,” said Nymex President James E. Newsome.

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