LONDON and SINGAPORE, July 15,
2018 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading and
most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that it
achieved quarterly international (defined as outside of the US)
average daily volume (ADV) of 4.2 million contracts during the
second quarter of 2018, up 13 percent over the same period last
year.
Europe, Middle East and Africa quarterly ADV hit close to 3.3 million
contracts in the second quarter of 2018, up 9 percent from second
quarter 2017. This was driven largely by strong performance
in the commodities product suite, with Metals volume up 38 percent
and Agricultural Commodities up 12 percent.
Asia Pacific quarterly ADV was
871,000 contracts in the second quarter of the year, up 30 percent
from the corresponding period last year. This was driven
largely by a strong performance across both the financial and
commodities product suite, with Equity Index volumes up 77 percent,
Foreign Exchange up 70 percent, Agricultural up 50 percent, and
Energy up 41 percent.
Latin America quarterly ADV was
95,000 contracts in the second quarter of the year, up 44 percent
from the second quarter in 2017. This was driven by double digit
growth across all product lines with Interest Rates volume up 73
percent, Metals up 67 percent and Energy up 46 percent.
"With CME Group's broad array of futures and options products
available virtually round the clock, our international customers
outside of the US recognize the benefits of trading on a robust,
liquid and regulated marketplace like ours," said William Knottenbelt, Senior Managing Director
and Head of International, CME Group. "We remain committed to
helping our clients with their hedging and trading needs as we seek
to further establish ourselves as the exchange of choice
globally."
Globally, CME Group averaged 18.4 million contracts per day in
the second quarter of 2018, up 12 percent from second quarter of
2017. June 2018 ADV reached
17.8 million contracts, up 8 percent from June 2017. Open interest at the end of June was
115 million contracts, an increase of 2 percent from the end of
June 2017, and up 6 percent from
year-end 2017. In the second quarter of 2018, CME Group's
suite of financial and commodities products saw double digit ADV
growth over second quarter of 2017, with Metals up 27 percent, FX
up 18 percent, Agricultural up 16 percent, Equity Index up 14
percent, and Interest Rate up 12 percent.
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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