CME Group Inc.'s (CME) daily trading volume jumped 10% in
January, the exchange operator said, continuing a trend of
growth.
The world's biggest futures exchange operator has seen traders
return to its markets in recent quarters as the financial crisis
has receded further into the past. The latest period had one
additional trading day.
In January, daily volume averaged 12.3 million contracts, with
85% of the month's total of 246 million being traded
electronically.
Last month's level was up from December's 10.5 million.
CME said interest-rate futures volume--its biggest product by
contract volume--climbed 12% from a year earlier in January to 5.3
million contracts a day.
Commodities volume showed the strongest growth, climbing 37%.
Energy contract volume rose 22%, while metals contract volume
increased 16% and foreign-exchange contracts volume increased 15%.
However, equity-index volume dropped 11%.
Shares of CME closed Tuesday at $315.93 and were inactive
premarket.
-By Tess Stynes, Dow Jones Newswires; 212-416-2481;
Tess.Stynes@dowjones.com