CME Group Reaches New Volume Records
July 27 2007 - 11:36AM
PR Newswire (US)
CME Globex, S&P and Dow Equity Index Products All Hit New Highs
CHICAGO, July 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CME Group, the world's
largest and most diverse exchange, broke multiple volume records
yesterday, including 11,629,768 contracts traded on CME Globex(R).
The previous CME Globex record was 10,926,638 on February 27, 2007.
CME Group's total volume of all CME and Chicago Board of Trade
products was 22,357,302, the second highest total ever for the
combined exchanges. Futures and options on equity index products
led way to the new volume heights with a record 5,595,214 contracts
traded in the equity derivatives complex. The E-mini S&P 500(R)
index futures traded 3,653,790 contracts and options on E-mini
S&P 500 futures traded 189,014, surpassing their old records of
3,575,703 on February 27 and 174,295 on July 20, respectively.
End-of-month S&P 500 options futures traded 27,409, a new high.
Total equity index volume on e-cbot(R) was 361,361 contracts. The
previous volume record was 359,314 contracts on March 14.
Mini-sized Dow Jones(SM) ($5) futures and options traded 347,719,
besting the previous record of 332,538 on March 14, 2007.
Eurodollar futures and options on CME Globex traded a record
5,334,152 contracts, including midcurve options. NYMEX products on
CME Globex traded a total of 993,324, beating the old record of
959,721 on July 17. Comex gold traded a record 198,974. All
products trading on the e-cbot platform are scheduled to migrate to
CME Globex in January 2008. CME Group (http://www.cmegroup.com/) is
the world's largest and most diverse exchange. Formed by the 2007
merger of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and the Chicago
Board of Trade (CBOT), CME Group serves the risk management needs
of customers around the globe. As an international marketplace, CME
Group brings buyers and sellers together on the CME Globex
electronic trading platform and on its trading floors. CME Group
offers the widest range of benchmark products available across all
major asset classes, including futures and options based on
interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, agricultural
commodities, energy, and alternative investment products such as
weather and real estate. CME Group is traded on the New York Stock
Exchange and NASDAQ under the symbol "CME." The Globe logo, CME,
Chicago Mercantile Exchange, CME Group, Globex and E-mini, are
trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. CBOT and Chicago
Board of Trade are trademarks of the Board of Trade of the City of
Chicago. Standard & Poor's, S&P 500 and S&P, S&P
MidCap 400, Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipts and SPDR are
trademarks of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. NASDAQ, NASDAQ-100
and the NASDAQ-100 Index are trademarks of The Nasdaq Stock Market,
Inc. Nikkei and Nikkei 225 are trademarks of Nihon Keizai Shimbun
Inc. The Russell 2000 Index and Russell 1000 Index are registered
trademarks of Frank Russell Co. TRAKRS and Total Return Asset
Contracts are trademarks of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. GSCI is a
trademark of Goldman Sachs & Co. Morgan Stanley Capital
International, MSCI, and EAFE are trademarks of MSCI. FTSE/Xinhua
China 25 is a trademark of FTSE Xinhua Index Limited. Dow Jones and
Dow Jones Industrial Average are trademarks of Dow Jones &
Company, Inc. CDR Liquid 50 NAIG is a trademark of Credit
Derivatives Research LLC. These trademarks are used herein under
license. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners. Further information about CME Group and its products can be
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