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CME Group Volume Averaged 10.8 Million Contracts Per Day In July 2010, Up 12 Percent

Date 03/08/2010

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that July volume averaged 10.8 million contracts per day, up 12 percent from July 2009. Total volume was 227 million contracts for July, of which 83 percent was traded electronically.

In July 2010, CME Group interest rate volume averaged 4.5 million contracts per day, up 8 percent compared with the prior July. Treasury futures volume averaged 2.0 million contracts per day, up 35 percent compared with the same period in 2009, and Treasury options volume averaged 235,000 contracts per day, up 13 percent. Eurodollar futures volume averaged 1.5 million contracts per day, down 16 percent versus July 2009, while Eurodollar options volume averaged 657,000 contracts per day, up 8 percent.

CME Group equity index volume averaged 2.8 million contracts per day, up 13 percent from July 2009, reflecting the third consecutive month of positive year-over-year growth since May 2009. CME Group foreign exchange (FX) volume averaged 833,000 contracts per day, up 36 percent compared with the same period a year ago, reflecting average daily notional value of $104 billion.

CME Group energy volume averaged 1.5 million contracts per day, up 6 percent compared with July 2009. CME Group agricultural commodities and alternative investments volume averaged 859,000 contracts per day, up 15 percent compared with the prior July. CME Group metals volume averaged 300,000 contracts per day, up 54 percent compared with the same period last year.

Electronic volume averaged 9.0 million contracts per day, up 14 percent from the prior July, while privately negotiated volume increased 2 percent to 153,000 contracts per day. Average daily volume cleared through CME ClearPort was 459,000 contracts for July 2010, up 6 percent compared with July 2009. Open outcry volume averaged 1.2 million contracts per day in July, up 2 percent versus July 2009.

    MONTHLY AVERAGE DAILY VOLUME (ADV)

                         Total Exchange ADV
                           (in thousands)


                          Jul 2010     Jul 2009
                          --------     --------
    Trading Days                    21          22

    PRODUCT LINE          Jul 2010     Jul 2009    Percent Change
                          --------     --------    --------------
    Interest Rates               4,484       4,168               8%
    Equity Index                 2,850       2,532              13%
    FX                             833         612              36%
    Energy (including CME
     ClearPort)            1,504*            1,421               6%
    Commodities and Alt.
     Inv.                          859         748              15%
    Metals (including CME
     ClearPort)                    300         195              54%
                                   ---         ---             ---
         Total                  10,829       9,676              12%

                          Jul 2010     Jul 2009    Percent Change
    VENUE                 --------     --------    --------------
    Open outcry                  1,206       1,185               2%
    CME Globex                   9,012       7,908              14%
    Privately negotiated           153         150               2%
    CME ClearPort (OTC)            459         433               6%


*The PJM daily electricity swap futures contracts, which have an average rate per contract of approximately 10 cents, averaged 108,644 in July 2010. This accounted for approximately 7 percent of the total Energy volume in July 2010, up from 2 percent in June 2010.

    ROLLING THREE-MONTH AVERAGES

    Average Daily Volume (In thousands)


                                           3-Month Period Ending
    PRODUCT LINE              Jul-10       Jun-10       May-10       Apr-10
    Interest Rates               5,708        6,074        6,147        5,393
    Equity Index                 3,555        3,455        3,119        2,724
    FX                           1,035        1,035        1,008          892
    Energy                       1,718        1,798        1,737        1,645
    Commodities/Alt.
     Investments                   843          855          773          827
    Metals                         322          308          315          296
                                   ---          ---          ---          ---
         Total                  13,180       13,525       13,098       11,778

    VENUE                     Jul-10       Jun-10       May-10       Apr-10
    Open outcry                  1,473        1,538        1,540        1,349
    Electronic                  11,043       11,340       10,916        9,809
    Privately negotiated           192          198          196          187
    CME ClearPort (OTC)            472          448          445          432



    Average Rate Per Contract (In dollars)


                                           3-Month Period Ending
    PRODUCT LINE              Jun-10       May-10       Apr-10       Mar-10
    Interest Rates               0.481        0.484        0.492        0.503
    Equity Index                 0.713        0.713        0.712        0.713
    FX                           0.798        0.809        0.811        0.803
    Energy                       1.581        1.604        1.628        1.636
    Commodities/Alt.
     Investments                 1.282        1.265        1.248        1.244
    Metals                       1.749        1.776        1.696        1.734
                                 -----        -----        -----        -----
         Total                   0.790        0.789        0.809        0.821

    VENUE                     Jun-10       May-10       Apr-10       Mar-10
    Exchange-Traded              0.732        0.730        0.746        0.754
    CME ClearPort (OTC)          2.489        2.478        2.465        2.392



Average daily volume and rate per contract figures from 2008 have been revised due to standardizing NYMEX reporting conventions to follow CME's treatment of post-trade transactions such as exercises, assignments and deliveries.

All references to CME Group volume and rate per contract information in the text of this document exclude our non-traditional TRAKRS products, for which CME Group receives significantly lower clearing fees than other CME Group products, HuRLO products and credit default swap clearing.