CHICAGO, April 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the
world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today
announced that a record 3,002,818 agricultural futures and options
contracts traded yesterday, April 4,
2018 – surpassing the 3 million milestone for the first
time. The company also reported that a record 778,841
agricultural futures and options contracts traded yesterday outside
of U.S. trading hours, nearly double the previous daily non-U.S.
volume record set in April 2016.
CME Group agriculture futures also reached a new record of 3,606
Large Open Interest Holders (LOIH) in March
2018, surpassing the previous LOIH record of 3,439 contracts
set in 2011. Open interest in agricultural futures and
options reached 9,253,835 contracts overall yesterday, just below
the all-time record of 9,323,738 set in 2016.
"Amid global economic uncertainty, market participants around
the world continue to turn to CME Group's agriculture futures and
options for deep liquidity and flexibility," said Tim
Andriesen, CME Group Managing Director, Agricultural Commodities.
"In particular, our benchmark agricultural products have
experienced high volumes outside of U.S. market hours,
demonstrating the strength of these tools to manage risk around the
clock."
Additional information about CME Group's Agricultural
Products can be found at www.cmegroup.com/agriculture.
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
products and metals. Around the world, CME Group
brings buyers and sellers together through its CME Globex®
electronic trading platform. CME Group also operates one of
the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers
through CME Clearing, which offers clearing and settlement
services across asset classes for exchange-traded and
over-the-counter derivatives. CME Group products and services
ensure that businesses around the world can effectively manage risk
and achieve growth.
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