FIS Completes The First CME Listed Fertilizer Option Trade
Houston/London – March 25th 2024 – Freight Investor Services completed the first listed CME fertilizer option trade, a $340 April NOLA Urea Call Option $5 Premium 15 lots – CME code; UGO
The new Option contract was launched on the 25th March, and the trade done is the latest addition to the growing list of firsts negotiated by the FIS desks.
FIS traded the first OTC option over a year ago and have continued to broker OTC options as they have become a popular risk management tool in the market and cooperated with the CME to launch this contract.
George Huston, Fertilizer Broker, added: “Our latest trade, completed in the same day of the launch of the new CME listed option shows how the market is continuing to develop, this contract will help grow interest in the NOLA Urea market and is exciting for the fertilizer market. We would like to extend our thanks to our clients who helped get the first one over the line”.
Contacts:
For any further information, please contact the fertilizers desk:
Europe
Barnie Talbot-Ponsonby Tel: +44 7808 768 318
Kieran Walsh Tel: +44 7749 701509
USA
George Huston Tel: +1-913-276-4154
Macarena Collada Tel: +1-913-669-2345