A record 2,404 e-miNY crude oil futures contracts traded, surpassing the previous record of 1,939 contracts, also set on June 19.
The new e-miNY energy futuressm trade on CME's GLOBEX® electronic trading platform and clear through the New York Mercantile Exchange clearinghouse.
The contracts are 40% of the size of the New York Mercantile Exchange's standard-sized crude oil and natural gas futures contracts.
Since their launch this past Monday, e-miNY energy futuressm have seen the following volumes:
June 17 -- 2,483
June 18 - 2,372
June 19 - 2,638
New York Mercantile Exchange President J. Robert Collins, Jr., said, "By this consistent and growing volume, e-miNY energy futuressm are clearly delivering upon their mission of providing an attractive trading tool to people outside our standard-sized markets. We feel this has been a very promising start."
