NEW YORK, Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the
world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today
announced it set a new record for trading volumes for its energy
products on Tuesday, February 7.
Trading volume for energy futures and options contracts totaled
3,489,302 contracts yesterday, climbing 13 percent higher than the
previous record of 3,098,129 contracts on February 22, 2010. These contracts are listed by
and subject to the rules of NYMEX.
"Yesterday's record was the result of strong trading volumes
across our energy complex, which includes NYMEX WTI crude oil,
Henry Hub Natural Gas, and our power contracts and refined
products," said Gary Morsches,
Managing Director, Global Energy at CME Group. "We offer the most
benchmarks for the energy markets, and will continue to work with
our global customers to ensure we have the right products and
services that meet their risk management needs."
As the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace,
CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) is where the world comes to manage
risk. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global
benchmark products across all major asset classes, including
futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes,
foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities, metals, weather
and real estate. CME Group brings buyers and sellers
together through its CME Globex® electronic trading platform and
its trading facilities in New York
and Chicago. CME Group also operates CME Clearing, one of the
world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, which
offers clearing and settlement services for exchange-traded
contracts, as well as for over-the-counter derivatives transactions
through CME ClearPort®. These products and services ensure
that businesses everywhere can substantially mitigate counterparty
credit risk in both listed and over-the-counter derivatives
markets.
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