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CME Group volume averaged 15.6 million contracts per day in January

iconFeb 4, 2015 14:53
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CME Group has announced that January 2015 volume averaged 15.6 million contracts per day, up 21 percent from January 2014.

UNITED STATES February 04 2015 10:35 AM

CHICAGO (Scrap Register): CME Group has announced that January 2015 volume averaged 15.6 million contracts per day, up 21 percent from January 2014. Total volume for January 2015 was more than 312 million contracts, of which 87 percent was traded electronically. Options volume in January averaged 3.1 million contracts per day, up 22 percent versus January 2014, with electronic options growing 35 percent over the same period.

CME Group interest rate volume averaged 7.7 million contracts per day in January 2015, up 22 percent compared with January 2014. Eurodollar futures volume averaged 3.0 million contracts per day, up 16 percent from the same period a year ago. Eurodollar options volume averaged 1.0 million contracts per day, up 24 percent from January last year. Treasury futures volume averaged 2.9 million contracts per day, up 26 percent compared with January 2014. Treasury options volume averaged 704,000 contracts per day, up 23 percent from the same period last year. Overall CME Group interest rate open interest increased 7 percent since year-end 2014.

CME Group foreign exchange (FX) volume averaged 996,000 contracts per day, up 21 percent from January 2014. The average daily notional value of FX contracts traded in January was $108 billion. CME Group equity index volume in January 2014 averaged 3.2 million contracts per day, up 22 percent from the same period a year ago. 

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