CME Group Volume Averaged 12.1 Million Contracts Per Day in April 2011, Up 2 Percent

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May 03, 2011, 07:30 ET

CHICAGO, May 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

Agricultural commodities average daily volume up 44 percent
Metals average daily volume up 63 percent
Double-digit year-over-year open interest growth in equity indexes, agricultural commodities and metals products
Double-digit open interest growth from same period last quarter in interest rates, foreign exchange and metals products

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced April volume averaged 12.1 million contracts per day, up 2 percent from April 2010. Total volume for April was 243 million contracts, of which 83 percent was traded electronically. April 2011 month-end open interest reached 96 million contracts, up 5 percent from both the same period last year and the same period last quarter.

In April 2011, CME Group interest rate volume averaged 5.7 million contracts per day, up 2 percent compared with the prior April. Treasury futures volume averaged 2.2 million contracts per day, up 7 percent compared with the same period in 2010, and Treasury options volume averaged 292,000 contracts per day, up 10 percent. Eurodollar futures volume averaged 2.5 million contracts per day, up 5 percent versus April 2010, and Eurodollar options volume averaged 721,000 contracts per day, down 14 percent.

CME Group equity index volume averaged 2.2 million contracts per day, down 14 percent from April 2010. CME Group foreign exchange (FX) volume averaged 796,000 contracts per day, down 5 percent compared with the same period a year ago, reflecting average daily notional value of $111 billion.

CME Group energy volume averaged 1.7 million contracts per day, down 4 percent compared with April 2010. CME Group agricultural commodities volume averaged 1.3 million contracts per day, up 44 percent compared with the prior April, and up 16 percent sequentially. CME Group metals volume averaged 424,000 contracts per day, up 63 percent compared with the same period last year, and up 16 percent compared with March 2011.

Electronic volume averaged 10.1 million contracts per day in April 2011, up 2 percent from the prior April, while privately negotiated volume increased 38 percent, to 237,000 contracts per day. Average daily volume cleared through CME ClearPort was 444,000 contracts, up 14 percent compared with April 2010. Open outcry volume averaged 1.3 million contracts per day, down 5 percent versus the prior April.


MONTHLY AVERAGE DAILY VOLUME (ADV)

Total Exchange ADV ( in thousands)

	Apr 2011	Apr 2010
Trading Days	20	22

PRODUCT LINE	Apr 2011	Apr 2010	Percent Change
Interest Rates	5,734	5,605	2%
Equity Index	2,224	2,590	-14%
FX	796	842	-5%
Energy (including CME ClearPort)	1,679	1,748	-4%
Agricultural Commodities	1,284	894	44%
Metals (including CME ClearPort)	424	260	63%
Total	12,143	11,939	2%


VENUE	Apr 2011	Apr 2010	Percent Change
Open outcry	1,337	1,409	-5%
CME Globex	10,125	9,970	2%
Privately negotiated	237	172	38%
CME ClearPort (OTC)	444	388	14%

ROLLING THREE-MONTH AVERAGES Average Daily Volume (In thousands)
	3-Month Period Ending
PRODUCT LINE	Apr-11	Mar-11	Feb-11	Jan-11
Interest Rates	6,560	6,424	5,851	5,767
Equity Index	2,800	2,906	2,407	2,510
FX	915	961	891	903
Energy	1,866	1,973	1,846	1,674
Agricultural Commodities	1,228	1,154	1,057	1,048
Metals	380	376	342	391
Total	13,750	13,794	12,394	12,293

VENUE	Apr-11	Mar-11	Feb-11	Jan-11
Open outcry	1,491	1,467	1,380	1,393
Electronic	11,523	11,605	10,356	10,283
Privately negotiated	241	224	210	214
CME ClearPort (OTC)	494	498	447	402

Average Rate Per Contract (In dollars)
	3-Month Period Ending
PRODUCT LINE	Mar-11	Feb-11	Jan-11	Dec-10
Interest Rates	0.481	0.485	0.491	0.496
Equity Index	0.705	0.711	0.707	0.702
FX	0.823	0.820	0.811	0.804
Energy	1.573	1.608	1.637	1.631
Agricultural Commodities	1.271	1.257	1.223	1.219
Metals	1.732	1.706	1.716	1.708
Total	0.808	0.820	0.816	0.813

VENUE	Mar-11	Feb-11	Jan-11	Dec-10
Exchange-Traded	0.740	0.748	0.748	0.748
CME ClearPort (OTC)	2.630	2.735	2.826	2.704

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.

As the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) is where the world comes to manage risk. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities, metals, weather and real estate. CME Group brings buyers and sellers together through its CME Globex® electronic trading platform and its trading facilities in New York and Chicago. CME Group also operates CME Clearing, one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, which offers clearing and settlement services for exchange-traded contracts, as well as for over-the-counter derivatives transactions through CME ClearPort®. These products and services ensure that businesses everywhere can substantially mitigate counterparty credit risk in both listed and over-the-counter derivatives markets.

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