CHICAGO, May 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the
world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today
announced it reached an all-time daily volume record of 51.9
million contracts traded on May 29,
2018. The previous single-day volume record was 44.5 million
contracts, set on Nov. 9, 2016.
In addition, CME Group's suite of interest rate futures and
options reached an overall daily volume record of 39.6 million
contracts on May 29, surpassing the
previous record of 26.6 million contracts set on Nov. 9, 2016. Other May 29 interest rate futures records
included:
- More than 24 million Treasury futures contracts traded,
surpassing the previous record of 14.5 million contracts set on
Feb. 26, 2018
- 1,188,577 Fed Fund futures contracts, surpassing the previous
record of 972,657 set May 24,
2018
- 1,091,752 Ultra 10-Year futures contracts, surpassing the
previous record of 645,090 set Nov. 27,
2017
- 8,954,840 10-Year treasury note futures contracts, surpassing
the previous record of 5,767,483 set May 24,
2018
- 7,629,587 5- Year treasury note futures contracts, surpassing
the previous record of 4,416,373 set Feb.
26, 2018
- 4,020,553 2-Year treasury note futures contracts, surpassing
the previous record of 2,589,074 set Feb.
26, 2018
Six of the company's ten highest volume days have occurred
during 2018 to date. The company reached over 20 million contracts
in volume on 43 trading days in 2018, compared to a total of 34
days in 2017 and 32 in 2016.
Updates on CME Group's daily volume and open interest is
available at www.cmegroup.com. More information
about CME Group's Interest Rate complex can be found
at: www.cmegroup.com/ir.
As the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace,
CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) is where the world comes to manage
risk. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global
benchmark products across all major asset classes, including
futures and options based on interest rates, equity
indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural
products and metals. Around the world, CME Group
brings buyers and sellers together through its CME Globex®
electronic trading platform. CME Group also operates one of
the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers
through CME Clearing, which offers clearing and settlement
services across asset classes for exchange-traded and
over-the-counter derivatives. CME Group products and services
ensure that businesses around the world can effectively manage risk
and achieve growth.
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