CME Group Reports Second-Highest August ADV On Record

• Double-digit growth in Interest Rate, Energy, Agricultural, Metals and options products
• Highest-volume August for Equity Index futures and options and Agricultural options products

Amid ongoing geopolitical, economic and weather-related uncertainties, CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today reported its August 2023 market statistics, including average daily volume (ADV) of 24.2 million contracts, an increase of 14% from 2022 and the second-highest ADV for the month of August on record. Market statistics are available in greater detail at https://cmegroupinc.gcs-web.com/monthly-volume.

August 2023 ADV across asset classes includes:

• Interest Rate ADV of 13.0 million contracts
• Equity Index ADV of 6.5 million contracts
• Options ADV of 4.4 million contracts
• Energy ADV of 2.1 million contracts
• Agricultural ADV of 1.4 million contracts
• Foreign Exchange ADV of 769,000 contracts
• Metals ADV of 495,000 contracts

Additional August 2023 product highlights compared to August 2022 include:

• Interest Rate ADV increased 22%
  • Record U.S. Treasury futures open interest of 19,823,052 contracts on August 23
  • SOFR futures ADV increased 61% to 3.1 million contracts
  • SOFR options ADV increased 117% to 1.1 million contracts
  • Ultra 10-Year U.S. Treasury futures ADV increased 60% to 656,000 contracts
• Equity Index ADV increased 2%
  • E-mini S&P 500 options ADV increased 44% to 1.4 million contracts
  • E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures ADV increased 8% to 661,000 contracts
  • E-mini Nasdaq-100 options ADV increased 99% to 77,000 contracts
• Options ADV increased 32%
  • Interest Rate options ADV increased 24% to 2.2 million contracts
  • Equity Index options ADV increased 46% to a record 1.5 million contracts
  • Energy options ADV increased 50% to 297,000 contracts
  • Agricultural options ADV increased 15% to 283,000 contracts
• Energy ADV increased 17%
  • RBOB Gasoline futures ADV increased 34% to 190,000 contracts
  • Natural Gas options ADV increased 87% to 155,000 contracts
• Agricultural ADV increased 15%
  • Soybean Meal futures ADV increased 29% to 137,000 contracts
  • Chicago SRW Wheat options ADV increased 42% to 31,000 contracts
  • Live Cattle options ADV increased 36% to 14,000 contracts
• Metals ADV increased 16%
  • Copper futures ADV increased 21% to 115,000 contracts
  • Silver options ADV increased 93% to 8,700 contracts
  • Platinum futures ADV increased 32% to 21,000 contracts
• International ADV increased 22% to 6.9 million contracts
• Micro Products ADV
  • Micro E-mini Equity Index futures and options ADV of 2.3 million contracts represented 35.8% of overall Equity Index ADV, Micro WTI Crude Oil futures accounted for 4.1% of overall Energy ADV, Micro Bitcoin futures accounted for 0.1% of overall Equity Index ADV and Micro Ether futures accounted for 0.1% of overall Equity Index ADV
• BrokerTec U.S. Repo average daily notional value (ADNV) increased 9% to $291.9B