CME Group Announces Trading Volume Record In NYMEX Brent Crude Oil Futures

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced a record in daily trading volume for its NYMEX Brent (BZ) crude oil futures contract. These contracts are listed by and subject to the rules of NYMEX.

Brent Crude Oil Last Day Financial Futures trading volumes jumped yesterday to 30,250 contracts, a 38 percent increase over the previous record of 21,997 set on August 8, 2012. CME Group has seen strong interest in its Brent contract so far this year, with average daily volume of 9,217 so far in January, an increase of 100% over ADV of 4,589 in 2012. CME Brent is available on CME Globex, the Trading Floor, for clearing over CME ClearPort, and over CME Direct, a free, web-based trading platform for listed and over-the-counter markets.