MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), got its fiscal year off to a good start with a total volume of 157,708 from September. It is the highest monthly volume during September since 2007 and a 16 percent increase over the total volume from September 2013.
The Exchange set a new electronic volume record for the month of September, totaling 127,242 trades, which is also the 24th-best monthly electronic total in Exchange history.
Total calendar year-to-date volume currently stands at 1,644,983, a 51 percent increase over the figure from a year ago at this time. MGEX has already reached a higher calendar year volume than in all of both 2012 and 2013.
Open interest at month’s end was 71,124, which is 34 percent higher than it was at the end of September 2013.
More information on MGEX volume and open interest can be found at www.mgex.com.