The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced two CBOE seats, or memberships, traded for new all-time highs.
A CBOE seat traded for $2,445,000 on 31 May, and later that day a second traded for $2,500,000. Both trades topped the previous high of $2,400,000 for a CBOE seat, which was set on 30 April.
During 2006, the highest price paid for a CBOE seat was $1,775,000 on 6 December.