Last year total CME Eurodollar futures volume reached a record 297,584,038 contracts, an increase of 42.5% over total volume of 208,771,164 in 2003. Total CME Eurodollar futures and options volume in 2004 reached a record 428,182,415 contracts, an increase of 38% over 2003 total of 309,594,943 contracts. Volume for CME Eurodollar options and CME Mid-Curve options reached 130,598,377 contacts, an increase of 29.5% over the 2003 total of 100,823,779.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (www.cme.com) is the largest futures exchange in the United States and the first publicly traded financial exchange in the U.S. As an international marketplace, CME brings together buyers and sellers on CME Globex® electronic trading platform and on its trading floors. CME offers futures and options on futures primarily in four product areas: interest rates, stock indexes, foreign exchange and commodities. The exchange moved approximately $1.5 billion per day in settlement payments in 2004 and managed $44.1 billion in collateral deposits as of Dec. 31, 2004, including $3.2 in deposits for non-CME products. CME is a wholly owned subsidiary of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CME), which is part of the Russell 1000® Index.
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