(NDAgConnection.com) – The Minneapolis Grain Exchange reported April 2022 trading volume of 245,294 contracts, representing a 23.9% year-over-year decrease and a 28.3% decrease from March 2022.

Total year-to-date volume reached a record 1,176,385 contracts, an increase of 5.9% from the same period in 2021.

MGEX reported Hard Red Spring Wheat (HRSW) Futures volume of 192,224 contracts in April 2022, a decrease of 38.2% YoY and a decrease of 28.3% from March 2022. HRSW Options volume totaled 3,477 contracts in April 2022, a decrease of 64.3% YoY and a 24.2% decrease from March 2022.

SPIKES Futures volume totaled 49,593 contracts in April 2022, representing a 21.5% increase from March 2022 and an average daily volume of 2,480 contracts.