-- Commodities and alternative investment products set all time monthly total and electronic record in January CHICAGO, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CME, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced January volume averaged 5.5 million contracts per day, up 16 percent from January 2006. Total monthly volume was 116 million contracts. Volume on the CME Globex electronic trading platform increased 19 percent from January 2006 to average 4.0 million contracts per day, representing 72 percent of total exchange volume. Total options volume was 1.3 million contracts per day, up 24 percent from January 2006. Electronic options volume averaged 158,000 contracts per day for the month, up 110 percent from the same period a year ago, and represented 12 percent of total CME options volume. CME total interest rate volume averaged 3.2 million contracts, up 18 percent from the same period a year ago. CME Eurodollar futures volume averaged 2.1 million contracts per day, up 16 percent from January 2006, and CME Eurodollar options volume was up 22 percent to an average of 1.1 million contracts per day. Electronic volume of CME Eurodollar options averaged 98,000 contracts per day, up 107 percent from January 2006, and represented 9 percent of total Eurodollar options volume. CME E-mini index volume averaged 1.6 million contracts per day in January, up 12 percent compared with January 2006. Total equity options volume grew to 120,000 contracts per day, up 54 percent from the same period a year ago. During the month CME set records in both the E-mini Russell 2000 Options ADV with 6,900 per day and the E-mini NASDAQ 100 Options ADV with 3,300 per day. CME equity standard volume grew 5 percent to average 122,000 per day. CME foreign exchange volume in January averaged 494,000 per day, up 29 percent compared with the year-ago period. Electronic foreign exchange volume averaged 450,000 contracts per day, up 35 percent compared with January 2006. CME commodities and alternative investment products volume averaged a record 95,000 contracts per day in January, up 7 percent compared with the same period a year ago. Records were set in live cattle with 47,000 contracts per day. In addition, the commodities volume on the CME Globex platform was a record 3,600 contracts per day, representing 4 percent of the total commodities and alternative investments volume. All statistics in this news release exclude data on CME's non-traditional TRAKRS(R) products, and CME Auction Markets(TM) products, unless otherwise noted. All references to options refer to options on futures contracts. NYMEX volume on CME Globex averaged a record 671,000 contracts per day in January, up from 399,000 contracts per day in December. Additionally, NYMEX volume on CME Globex reached a daily record of 919,900 contracts on January 11. CME MONTHLY AVERAGE DAILY VOLUME (In Thousands) January 2007 January 2006 Percent Change CME PRODUCT LINE Interest Rates 3,199 2,713 18% E-Minis 1,611 1,439 12% Equity Standard 122 116 5% Foreign Exchange 494 384 29% Commodities and Alt. Inv. 95 89 7% Sub Total 5,522 4,741 16% TRAKRS 136 268 -49% Total 5,657 5,009 13% VENUE Open Outcry 1,482 1,348 10% CME Globex (EX TRAKRS) 3,987 3,342 19% Privately Negotiated 52 51 2% Note: CME Weather and GSCI products moved from Equity Standard to Commodities in April, and prior months were adjusted. CME ROLLING THREE-MONTH AVERAGES (excluding TRAKRS) Average Rate Per Contract (In Dollars) 3-Month By Product Line By Venue Period Commod- Ending ities Pri- and vately Interest E-Minis Equity Foreign Alt. Open CME Nego- Rates Standard Exchange Inv. Total Outcry Globex tiated Dec-06 0.508 0.707 1.430 1.085 0.942 0.655 0.512 0.660 3.713 Nov-06 0.502 0.703 1.357 1.112 0.918 0.645 0.494 0.657 3.719 Oct-06 0.495 0.714 1.335 1.133 0.946 0.638 0.469 0.664 3.567 Sep-06 0.496 0.712 1.338 1.146 0.939 0.641 0.475 0.668 3.545 Average Daily Volume (In Thousands) 3-Month By Product Line By Venue Period Commod- Ending ities Pri- and vately Interest E-Minis Equity Foreign Alt. Open CME Nego- Rates Standard Exchange Inv. Total Outcry Globex tiated Jan-07 3,016 1,610 147 540 80 5,392 1,337 4,000 55 Dec-06 2,990 1,596 147 508 72 5,313 1,293 3,967 53 Nov-06 3,120 1,661 151 476 80 5,489 1,376 4,061 52 Oct-06 3,204 1,535 150 433 74 5,397 1,490 3,855 52 CME ( http://www.cme.com/ ) is the world's largest and most diverse financial exchange. As an international marketplace, CME brings together buyers and sellers on the CME Globex(R) electronic trading platform and on its trading floors. 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