CME's E-mini Equity Index Contracts Set New Volume Records - Open Interest In E-mini S&P 500 & E-mini Nasdaq 100 Futures Continues To Surge Ahead

Volume in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's (CME) E-mini S&P 500 Stock Price Index and E-mini Nasdaq 100 Index futures contracts both rose to record levels yesterday, May 22. In addition, both contracts continue to post record open interest.

The new volume record for E-mini S&P 500 futures approached the 100,000 mark, rising to 99,227 contracts and surpassing the 95,837 record set on May 10. For E-mini Nasdaq 100 futures, the new volume record now stands at 44,219, beating the previous record of 44,126 set on April 4.

In addition, after two consecutive sessions of record open interest beginning Thursday, May 18, the E-mini S&P 500 futures record now stands at 43,353 open positions. E-mini Nasdaq 100 futures had two consecutive sessions of record open interest - Friday, May 19, with 25,315 open positions and yesterday with 25,881 open positions - surpassing its previous record of 23,950 set on Tuesday, May 16.

Traded electronically on the CME's GLOBEX®2 electronic trading system, both contracts are one-fifth the size of contracts traded actively via open outcry on the exchange's trading floor. These contracts trade virtually around the clock from 3:45 p.m. until 3:15 p.m. the following day.