CME Group Announces Daily Volume Record In Short-Dated New Crop Corn Options

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced it reached a daily volume record for its Short-Dated New Crop Corn Options yesterday, June 27, of 35,355 contracts, surpassing the previous record of 24,388 contracts on June 18.

Open interest for Short-Dated New Crop Corn options is 118,831 contracts.

Short-Dated New Crop Options on CBOT Corn, Soybeans and Wheat expire earlier than traditional new crop options and were first introduced in 2012.

These contracts are listed by and subject to the rules of CBOT.