Seven Months Of Growth On Dubai Mercantile Exchange

DME announced today that the Exchange has seen seven months of growth since it adopted a new strategic direction last summer. Average daily trading volumes ("ADV") of contracts in April 2013 was up by just under 1% from the previous month and up by 2% from April last year. April’s ADV of 6,266 makes the past month DME’s second strongest month ever, with physical delivery at 14.7million barrels. The Exchange also saw record open interest for the end of a month at 20,070 lots.