UNITED STATES April 15 2016 10:26 AM     

NEW YORK (Scrap Register): As  declining open outcry options volume on CME Group's New York trading floor now  represents just 0.3 percent of the company's overall energy and metals trading  volumes, CME Group will close its New York trading floor at year-end, subject to  CFTC review.

All options products listed with and subject to the rules  and regulations of NYMEX and COMEX will be available for trading on CME Globex,  and for submission for clearing through CME ClearPort.

Since the company  announced in Q1 2015 that open outcry futures trading in New York would end last  Summer, average daily volume for remaining options products traded through open  outcry in New York has further declined by 53 percent to just 7,500 contracts.   Futures trading on the New York trading floor was discontinued in July  2015.

In addition, beginning in Q4 2016, CME Group will make space  available for floor traders to transition to electronic trading at the company's  One North End Avenue facility in Battery Park, NY.

After open outcry  trading in New York ends on December 30, 2016, the company plans to sublease its  existing trading floor space, but will retain its existing office space in the  building for staff.

CME Group's Chicago trading floor will remain open  for trading of options on futures contracts, as well as S&P 500 futures  contracts.