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A new trading record of 55,694 contracts was also set in CME's E-miniTM Russell 2000® equity index contract, surpassing the previous record which had been set the preceding day. The Russell 2000 is the premier measure of small capitalization stocks in the U.S.
Meanwhile, the CME Clearing House, the largest futures clearing facility in the world, reported that it had cleared 10,0048,818 contracts on Wednesday, the first time the Clearing House division cleared more than 10 million contracts in a single day. Included in the total were 2,659,919 contracts from the Chicago Board of Trade, cleared through CME's common clearing link with the exchange. The total also included 3,357,844 TRAKRS contracts, mainly associated with the launch of a new product.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (www.cme.com) is the largest futures exchange in the United States. As an international marketplace, CME brings together buyers and sellers on its trading floors and GLOBEX® electronic trading platform. CME offers futures and options on futures primarily in four product areas: interest rates, stock indexes, foreign exchange and commodities. The exchange moved about $1.4 billion per day in settlement payments in 2003 and managed $37.6 billion in collateral deposits at Dec. 31, 2003, including $1.5 billion 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.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange, CME and GLOBEX are registered trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. E-mini is a trademark of CME. Russell 2000, TRAKRS, Total Return Asset Contracts and other trade names, service marks, trademarks and registered trademarks that are not proprietary to Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. are the property of their respective owners, and are used herein under license. Further information about CME and its products is available on the CME Web site at www.cme.com.
