CME Pork Belly Trade Dwindles
US - Only six pork belly contracts were traded in Chicago last month – way down on the heyday of trading, which started 40 years ago.Pork-belly contracts have been traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange since 1961, reports NPR.
But The Wall Street Journal reports the pork-belly market is in danger of becoming extinct. Last month, the exchange traded just six pork-belly contracts.