CME Group Announces Open Interest Record In Benchmark Light Sweet Crude Oil (WTI) Futures

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced it reached a record in open interest for its global benchmark NYMEX Light Sweet Crude Oil (WTI) Futures contracts yesterday, June 10, 2013. Open interest for NYMEX WTI reached 1,811,242 contracts, compared to 1,799,167 on June 7, 2013, the last record for this contract.

CME Group's global energy complex includes the world's leading benchmarks — NYMEX WTI, Henry Hub Natural Gas, NYMEX Gasoline and NYMEX Ultra-Low-Sulfur Diesel (HO) — and trades more than 1.8 million contracts a day.

NYMEX Light Sweet Crude Oil futures contracts are listed by and subject to the rules of NYMEX.