LONDON and SINGAPORE, Jan. 14,
2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading and
most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that it
achieved Asia Pacific average
daily volume (ADV) of 921,000 contracts in the fourth quarter
of 2018, up 45 percent from the corresponding period in 2017.
This was driven largely by a strong performance in Equity
products, up 201 percent. Interest Rates and Energy products
were up 42 percent and 35 percent respectively.
For the full year 2018, Asia Pacific ADV stood at 862,000
contracts, up 29 percent from 2017. This was driven by 108
percent growth in Equity products, 28 percent growth in Energy
products, and 14 percent growth in Interest Rates products.
"2018 saw a number of key geopolitical events which contributed
to increased volatility in international financial markets,
especially towards the tail-end of the year, and further
highlighted the need for risk management on a robust, liquid and
regulated marketplace," said Christopher
Fix, Managing Director and Head of Asia Pacific, CME Group. "We continue to
see trading volume growth out of Asia
Pacific, as market participants further look to CME Group to
manage their risks across multiple asset classes."
Latin America quarterly ADV was
107,000 contracts in the fourth quarter of 2018, up 54 percent from
the corresponding period in 2017. This was driven by 204
percent growth in Interest Rates products and 21 percent
growth in Equity products. For the full year 2018, Latin
America ADV stood at 100,000 contracts, up 49 percent, led by 103
percent growth in Interest Rates products and 30 percent growth in
Equity products.
Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) quarterly ADV hit 3.7 million
contracts in the fourth quarter of 2018, up 16 percent from fourth
quarter 2017. This was led by a strong performance in Equity
and Interest Rates products, up 44 percent and 28 percent
respectively, compared to the same period in 2017. For the
full year 2018, EMEA ADV stood at
3.4 million contracts, up 14 percent from 2017, led by 20 percent
growth in Interest Rates products, 19 percent growth in Metals
products and 14 percent growth in Equity products.
In all, CME Group's international (defined as outside of
North America) ADV reached 4.7
million contracts during the fourth quarter of 2018, up 21
percent over the same period in 2017. For the full year
2018, CME Group's international ADV stood at 4.4 million contracts,
up 17 percent from 2017.
Globally, CME Group reached a record ADV of 19.2 million
contracts in 2018, up 18 percent from 2017. This was led by
Interest Rates products ADV, up 22 percent to 9.95 million
contracts. During 2018, 91 trading days exceeded 20 million
contracts, up from 34 days in 2017. Fourth quarter 2018
volume averaged 20.8 million contracts per day, up 31 percent from
the same period a year ago.
As the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace,
CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures,
options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze
data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently
manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer
the widest range of global benchmark products across all major
asset classes based on interest rates, equity
indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural
products and metals. The company offers futures and
options on futures trading through the CME Globex® platform, fixed
income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the
EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's
leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME
Clearing. With a range of pre- and post-trade products and
services underpinning the entire lifecycle of a trade, CME Group
also offers optimization and reconciliation services through
TriOptima, and trade processing services through Traiana.
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