CHICAGO, March 8,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's
leading derivatives marketplace, today announced first day trading
volume for its newly launched 20-Year U.S. Treasury Bond futures
contract, which became available for trading on Monday, March
7.
In total, more than 1,300 contracts were traded by 30
participants, with open interest of 1,041 contracts, signifying
strong client interest in an additional fixed income hedging tool
at a time when managing U.S. Treasury market risk is more important
than ever.
"We are pleased with the broad client participation in our new
20-Year U.S. Treasury Bond futures contract on day one," said
Agha Mirza, CME Group Global Head of
Rates and OTC Products. "Early trading volume for 20-Year U.S.
Treasury futures speaks to the unique value proposition and market
need for tools to manage risk at the longer-end of the curve. We
expect this new contract to complement our other innovative,
long-end products such as Ultra 10-Year Treasury futures, which
were introduced in 2016, and now have an average daily volume of
500,000 contracts and open interest of 1.3 million contracts."
For more information on this product, please visit
www.cmegroup.com/20y.
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and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering
market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and
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on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign
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products and metals. The company offers futures and
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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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