CME's E-Mini S&P 500 Futures Posts Second Consecutive Volume Record. Second Biggest Volume Day for GLOBEX® Electronic Trading

Trading volume in E-mini S&P 500 futures on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) rose to a new record for the second consecutive day yesterday, April 11, with 435,039 contracts changing hands. The record surpassed its previous single-day volume record of 417,351 contracts set on April 10.

Trading volume on GLOBEX®, the electronic trading platform of CME, posted its second highest trading day yesterday, with 723,690 contracts. On April 10, a record 726,567 contracts traded on GLOBEX.

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 around-the-clock electronic trading platform. CME offers futures contracts and options on futures primarily in four product areas: interest rates, stock indexes, foreign exchange and commodities. The exchange moves about $1.5 billion per day in settlement payments and manages $28.2 billion in collateral deposits. CME is a wholly owned subsidiary of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc.