Dubai Mercantile Exchange February Performance

Date 11/03/2013

DME ADV was 5,864 lots and physical delivery volume was 13.5 million barrels
ADV was up 10% on January and 9% on February 2012
DME open interest reached 20,301 lots on 26 February, the highest level seen since May 2012
51 companies traded DME in February – the highest ever single-month total.
Two new customers began trading the DME in February, taking total number of participants in the past 12 months to 67.
Average open interest in months 2-4 grew by 24% as interest continues to grow in the intermonth spread market.
At the start of February, we reached 4bn barrels (DME hits 4 billion barrels traded mark)