CHICAGO, March 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CME
Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives
marketplace, today announced that Micro E-mini Equity Index futures
reached back-to-back trading volume records last week of 4.4
million contracts on February 26 and
4.2 million contracts on February 25,
across all four indexes – the S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, Russell 2000
and Down Jones Industrial Average Indexes. These new highs
surpassed the prior record of 4.1 million contracts set on
September 8, 2020.
Additionally, a record 1.9 million Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100
futures contracts traded on February
25, exceeding the prior record of 1.8 million contracts on
September 3, 2020. Micro E-mini
Russell 2000 reached a record 362,663 contracts traded on
February 26, exceeding the prior
record of 327,842 contracts set on January
29, 2021.
"Our Micro E-mini Equity Index futures are among the most
actively traded equity index products, enabling clients to manage
risk in our highly liquid markets," said Tim McCourt, Global
Head of Equity Index and Alternative Investment Products, CME
Group. "Since their introduction in May
2019, we've seen strong growth and participation across
Micro E-mini Equity Index futures and options, including among
sophisticated, active traders. Their smaller size allows traders of
all sizes to more nimbly execute equity trading strategies, scale
index exposure up or down or hedge existing equity portfolio
positions."
For more information on CME Group's Micro E-mini Equity Index
products, please see: www.cmegroup.com/microeminis.
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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