KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 29): Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Bhd's (BMD) futures exchange achieved two new records yesterday, including the highest number of contracts traded in a day.  

Total daily trading volume at the exchange hit an all-time high of 140,945 contracts traded, surpassing the previous record of 133,192 contracts traded on Aug 25, 2015, Bursa Malaysia said in a statement today.