1.   Exchange officials have no way of being sure, but it appeared that retail investors set volume records for the new contracts Tuesday.

2.   The Chicago Board of Trade surpassed its annual trading volume record, a reflection of the introduction this year of new products aimed at increasing business.

3.   The Chicago Board of Trade surpassed the annual trading volume record for a commodity exchange, boosted by strong agricultural markets.

4.   The exchange reached two records and set a volume record yesterday.

5.   The stock, a penny stock, had set volume records on Monday and Tuesday as investors bid up the price.

6.   These include the all-time Nasdaq volume record in February, when news of the Sculley resignation shattered the record for shares traded in a single day.