CHICAGO, March 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --CME Group, the
world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, reached
an all-time Eurodollar options open interest record of 55.8 million
contracts on March 15, 2019. Open
interest has continued to grow since reaching the previous record
of 52.4 million contracts that was set on March 15, 2018.
"This milestone demonstrates CME Group Eurodollar futures and
options are the global benchmark for investors around the world
when it comes to managing interest rate risk in today's climate of
uncertainty," said Agha Mirza, CME
Group Global Head of Interest Rate Products. "We're pleased to
offer market participants unsurpassed liquidity, flexibility and
diverse trading opportunities across our suite of options
products."
Overall, open interest in CME Group's options on financial
futures (equity index, interest rate and foreign exchange) also
reached a new record of 68.5 million contracts on March 15, surpassing the previous record of 66.88
million contracts set one year ago on March
15, 2018.
CME Group options on financial futures contracts are listed by
and subject to the rules of CME and CBOT. To learn more about
Eurodollar and other interest rate futures and options from CME
Group, please visit:
http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/interest-rates/
As the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace,
CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures,
options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze
data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently
manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer
the widest range of global benchmark products across all major
asset classes based on interest rates, equity
indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural
products and metals. The company offers futures and
options on futures trading through the CME Globex® platform, fixed
income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the
EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's
leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME
Clearing. With a range of pre- and post-trade products and
services underpinning the entire lifecycle of a trade, CME Group
also offers optimization and reconciliation services through
TriOptima, and trade processing services through Traiana.
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