NYMEX Energy Contracts, NYMEX miNY™ Crude Oil Futures Set Daily Volume Records on CME Globex®

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. announced daily volume records for energy futures contracts and NYMEX miNY™ crude oil futures contracts that are traded electronically on CME Globex today.

NYMEX energy futures reached an estimated 108,111 contracts traded on CME Globex. NYMEX miNY crude oil futures traded an estimated 74,328 contracts, surpassing the 65,616 contracts traded on May 4.

NYMEX standard-sized and NYMEX miNY™ futures contracts for crude oil, natural gas, heating oil, and gasoline trade on CME Globex virtually 24 hours a day, including during open outcry trading hours. NYMEX Europe Brent crude oil standard-sized and miNY futures contracts and the Northwest Europe gasoil futures are also available on CME Globex.

James E. Newsome, NYMEX President and Chief Executive Officer, said, "We are very pleased to cross the 100,000 contract volume mark in our second week of side by side trading. NYMEX is gratified to offer its customers with a multitude of trading options, including the full-sized, physically settled energy and metals contracts via open outcry, the full-sized and NYMEX miNY cash-settled energy contracts on CME Globex, and off-exchange cash-settled energy contracts for clearing on NYMEX ClearPort®."