LONDON COMMODITY EXCHANGE VOLUME STEADY - ICCH
Trading volume on the London Commodity
Exchange held steady overall in March, according to figures
issued by the International Commodities Clearing House.
    Total volume was 238,287 lots against 235,665 in March 1986
and 233,403 in February 1987.
    Cocoa volume was down to 62,686 lots last month from 82,192
lots in March 1986. It totalled 65,662 in February 1987.
    However, coffee volume grew to 100,597 lots from 93,440 a
year earlier and 83,283 in February this year.
    Sugar trading totalled 75,004 lots, up on the March 1986
total of 60,033, but below February's 84,458.
    For the whole first quarter, sugar volume was substantially
higher at 232,601 against last year's 115,987, while coffee was
down to 269,190 from 433,487.
    Cocoa volume in the first quarter this year fell to 190,142
from 221,899 in 1986 and total volume for the three commodities
was down to 691,933 from 771,373.
 Reuter
