CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, reached a record high in single-day volume with 39,567,064 contracts traded across all asset classes on October 15, 2014, shattering the previous record of 26,947,300 contracts set on May 29, 2013.
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CME Group also confirmed records in daily trading volume for the following:
- Electronic trading on CME Globex reached 35,067,597 contracts surpassing the previous record of 23,537,737 set on May 29, 2013.
- Interest Rate futures and options combined reached 25,088,750 contracts surpassing the previous record of 19,417,635 set on May 29, 2013.
- Eurodollar futures reached 11,532,544 surpassing the previous record of 6,880,382 set on Sept. 17, 2014.
- CME Group total options combined traded 7,281,248 surpassing the previous record of 5,933,963 set on June 24, 2013.
- Equity Index options hit 1,791,507 surpassing the previous record of 1,159,176 set on August 1, 2014.
- E-mini S&P 500 options traded 1,567,655 surpassing the previous record of 1,056,013 set on August 1, 2014.
- E-mini $5 Dow futures traded 536,266 contracts passing the previous record of 507,899 set on October 10, 2008.
- Nikkei 225 Yen futures traded 144,717 contracts surpassing the previous record of 141,291 set on June 13, 2013.
- E-mini Nasdaq 100 options traded 36,337 contracts surpassing the previous record of 29,966 set on April 11, 2014.
Additional information about CME Group's Interest Rate complex can be found at: www.cmegroup.com/ir and Equity Index complex can be found at: www.cmegroup.com/equities.
CME Group's Interest Rate and Equity Index contracts are listed by and subject to the rules of CBOT and CME.
