E-Mini Nasdaq 100, E-Mini S&P Futures Continue To Soar

Trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in E-Mini Nasdaq 100 and E-mini S&P 500 futures reached an all-time high again yesterday.

E-mini Nasdaq 100 futures set a record, with Sept. 18 volume exceeding the 70,000 mark for the second time. Monday's record volume of 72,994 contracts surpassed the Sept. 13 record volume of 71,623.

Volume in E-mini S&P 500 futures rose to a new high yesterday of 104,794. The previous volume record was established Sept. 13 with 104,263 contracts.

Both E-mini equity index futures contracts - the fastest growing contracts in the history of the exchange - are traded electronically on the CME's GLOBEX®2 trading system and are smaller-sized versions of contracts traded actively via open outcry on the exchange's trading floor. E-mini index trading occurs virtually around the clock from 3:45 p.m. until 3:15 p.m. the following day.