The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. announced today that it set daily volume records for total energy, crude oil, RBOB gasoline futures contracts traded on the CME Globex electronic trading platform yesterday.
Total energy futures traded a record 415,437 contracts, surpassing the 411,265 contracts traded on October 18. Crude oil futures reached 234,852 contracts, exceeding the 215,579 contracts traded on October 18. RBOB gasoline futures totaled 19,016 contracts, topping the 15,694 traded on October 30.
NYMEX launched its physically settled futures contracts for trading on CME Globex during regular open outcry trading hours on September 5, following its initial offering of financially settled, standard-sized and NYMEX miNY energy futures contracts for trading on CME Globex on June 12. Access to electronic trading of NYMEX products is available virtually 24 hours a day on CME Globex.
