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- CME May volume represented exchange's third highest monthly volume ever
- CME reached record open interest of 54.3 million contracts on May 31
- May NYMEX energy and metals volume on CME Globes averaged a record 702,000 contracts per day
- Total exchange volume year-to-date through May rose 19 percent to average 6.1 million contracts per day
CME, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced May 2007 volume averaged 6.1 million contracts per day, up 23 percent sequentially and 12 percent from May 2006. This represents CME's third highest monthly volume ever. Total exchange volume year-to-date through May rose 19 percent to average 6.1 million contracts per day. Volume on the CME Globex electronic trading platform increased 11 percent from May 2006 to average 4.4 million contracts per day, representing 73 percent of total exchange volume. Total options volume was 1.4 million contracts per day, up 31 percent from May 2006. Electronic options volume averaged 172,000 contracts per day for the month, up 55 percent from the same period a year ago, and represented 12 percent of total CME options volume.
CME total interest rate product volume averaged 3.6 million contracts, up 20 percent from May 2006. CME Eurodollar futures volume averaged 2.3 million contracts per day, up 14 percent from the same period a year ago, and CME Eurodollar options volume averaged 1.3 million contracts per day, up 32 percent. Electronic volume of CME Eurodollar options averaged 86,000 contracts per day, up 30 percent from May 2006, and represented 7 percent of total Eurodollar options volume.
CME E-mini index product volume averaged 1.8 million contracts per day, up 8 percent from May 2006. Total equity options volume grew 26 percent from the same period a year ago to average 153,000 contracts per day. CME E-mini equity index options volume increased 83 percent from May 2006 to average 80,000 contracts per day, with monthly records in E-mini S&P options and E-mini Russell 2000 options of 64,000 and 11,000 contracts per day, respectively. CME equity standard volume averaged 142,000 contracts per day, down 11 percent. CME foreign exchange volume in May averaged 482,000 contracts per day, down 4 percent compared with the year-ago period.
CME commodities and alternative investment products volume averaged 81,000 contracts per day in May, down 4 percent compared with the same period a year ago. Commodities volume on the CME Globex platform was a record 6,300 contracts per day, representing a record 8 percent of total commodities and alternative investments volume.
All statistics in this news release exclude data on CME's non-traditional TRAKRS® products, and CME Auction Markets™ products, unless otherwise noted. All references to options refer to options on futures contracts.
During May, CME Clearing handled Chicago Board of Trade volumes of 4.2 million contracts per day, up 16 percent from the year-ago period. NYMEX energy and metals volume on the CME Globex platform averaged a record 702,000 contracts per day.
Open interest for all CME products was a record 54.3 million contracts at the end of May, up from 35 million contracts per day at the end of December. Additionally, the Chicago Board of Trade had 17 million open positions with CME Clearing at the end of the month. Open interest represents the number of contract positions that remain open at the end of a trading session.
CME MONTHLY AVERAGE DAILY VOLUME (In Thousands)
May 2007 May 2006 Percent Change
CME PRODUCT LINE
Interest Rates 3,552 2,970 20%
E-Minis 1,817 1,688 8%
Equity Standard 142 159 -11%
Foreign Exchange 482 501 -4%
Commodities and Alt. Inv. 81 84 -4%
Sub Total 6,074 5,402 12%
TRAKRS 131 159 -18%
Total 6,204 5,562 12%
VENUE
Open Outcry 1,600 1,390 15%
CME Globex (Ex TRAKRS) 4,425 3,973 11%
Privately Negotiated 48 40 22%
Note: CME Weather and GSCI products moved from Equity Standard to
Commodities in April, and prior months were adjusted.
CME ROLLING THREE-MONTH AVERAGES (excluding TRAKRS)
Average Rate Per Contract (In Dollars)
| By Product Line | | By Venue
| Commod-| | Privat-
3-Month|Inte- Equity ities | | ely
Period | rest Stan- Foreign and Alt| | Open CME Negot-
Ending |Rates E-Minis dard Exchange Inv. |Total|Outcry Globex iated
Apr-07 0.495 0.710 1.392 1.121 0.960 0.649 0.503 0.659 3.601
Mar-07 0.492 0.706 1.414 1.109 0.944 0.644 0.489 0.657 3.650
Feb-07 0.509 0.712 1.419 1.107 0.953 0.657 0.506 0.666 3.645
Jan-07 0.508 0.717 1.434 1.072 0.931 0.658 0.508 0.667 3.649
Average Daily Volume (In Thousands)
| By Product Line | | By Venue
| Commod-| | Privat-
3-Month|Inte- Equity ities | | ely
Period | rest Stan- Foreign and Alt| | Open CME Negot-
Ending |Rates E-Minis dard Exchange Inv. |Total|Outcry Globex iated
May-07 3,538 1,918 192 525 83 6,256 1,553 4,648 55
Apr-07 3,517 1,920 197 535 83 6,252 1,494 4,699 58
Mar-07 3,639 1,977 190 555 93 6,454 1,578 4,815 61
Feb-07 3,220 1,649 155 541 78 5,643 1,416 4,168 58
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