The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., a subsidiary of NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:NMX), announced today that it set a daily volume record for natural gas futures on the CME Globex electronic trading platform yesterday.
Natural gas futures reached a record 130,627 contracts, surpassing the 126,015 contracts traded on January 19.
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. On December 4, NYMEX introduced full-sized and COMEX miNY metals futures contracts for side by side trading.
Access to electronic trading of NYMEX energy and metals products is available virtually 24 hours a day on CME Globex.
For more information, go to www.nymexoncmeglobex.com.
