CHICAGO, Feb. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the
world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that a
record 291,840 Soybean options contracts were traded on
February 10, 2022, surpassing the
previous record of 284,838 options on May
10, 2016. Also on February 10,
a record 601,447 agricultural product futures and options contracts
were traded across Europe, the
Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
February 10 was also a top-ten
volume day for Soybean futures, with 537,893 contracts traded.
"As the global agricultural community navigates an increasingly
complex volatility environment amid uncertainty around South
American production and demand, we are seeing a record number of
clients utilize our products, especially options," said
Tim Andriesen, Managing Director of
Agricultural Products at CME Group. "These records highlight the
critical role our markets play in the global economy, and we look
forward to helping producers continue to manage this risk this
year."
Soybean futures and options are listed by and subject to the
rules of CBOT. For more information, please visit here.
As the world's leading 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.
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