The previous volume record for Euro FX trading on GLOBEX was 42,803 contracts on June 5, 2003, representing an underlying value of $6.4 billion.
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 $1.5 billion per day in settlement payments in the first half of 2003 and managed $29.1 billion in collateral deposits at June 30, 2003. CME is a wholly owned subsidiary of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CME), which is part of the Russell 1000® Index.
GLOBEX is a registered trademark of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc Further information about CME and its products is available on the CME Web site at www.cme.com. Electronically traded Euro currency (Euro FX) futures traded on Chicago Mercantile Exchange's (CME) GLOBEX trading platform reached a record 53,443 contracts yesterday, Aug. 21. The underlying value of yesterday's electronic Euro FX volume totaled $7.3 billion.
The previous volume record for Euro FX trading on GLOBEX was 42,803 contracts on June 5, 2003, representing an underlying value of $6.4 billion.
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 $1.5 billion per day in settlement payments in the first half of 2003 and managed $29.1 billion in collateral deposits at June 30, 2003. CME is a wholly owned subsidiary of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CME), which is part of the Russell 1000® Index.
GLOBEX is a registered trademark of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc Further information about CME and its products is available on the CME Web site at www.cme.com.
