CME GROUP INC. CHICAGO, Dec. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that November 2015 volume averaged 13.7 million contracts per day, up 6 percent from November 2014. Total volume during November 2015 was more than 274 million contracts, of which 87 percent was traded electronically. Average daily volume to date in 2015 is 14.1 million contracts, up 3 percent versus the same period in 2014, with year-over-year growth across five of six product lines. Open interest through November is 102 million contracts, up 9 percent from year-end 2014.
CME Group interest rate volume averaged 6.9 million contracts per day in November 2015, up 9 percent compared with November 2014. Treasury futures volume averaged 3.3 million contracts per day, down 1 percent from the same period a year ago. Treasury options volume was down 2 percent at more than 474,000 contracts per day. Eurodollar futures volume averaged 2 million contracts per day, up 10 percent compared with November 2014. Eurodollar options volume averaged 1 million contracts per day, up 70 percent in November, with 24 percent of the Eurodollar options volume traded electronically.
CME Group equity index volume in November 2015 averaged 2.4 million contracts per day, up 16 percent from November 2014. CME Group foreign exchange volume averaged 713,000 contracts per day, down 23 percent from the same period a year ago. The average daily notional value of FX contracts traded in November was $72 billion.
CME Group energy volume averaged 2 million contracts per day in November 2015, up 2 percent from November 2014. CME Group agricultural commodities volume averaged 1.4 million contracts per day, up 5 percent compared with the prior-year period. CME Group metals volume averaged 419,000 contracts per day, down 12 percent compared with the prior November.
In November 2015, CME Group cleared $126 billion in average daily notional value of over-the-counter (OTC) interest rate swaps. Month-end OTC interest rate swap open interest was $22 trillion, which represents 57 percent of clients' total cleared OTC interest rate swap open interest. Average daily trade count for the month was 1,207.
MONTHLY AVERAGE DAILY VOLUME (ADV)
Total Exchange ADV
( in thousands)
Nov 2015 Nov 2014
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Trading Days 20 19
PRODUCT LINE Nov 2015 Nov 2014 Percent Change
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Interest Rates 6,866 6,271 9%
Equity Indexes 2,367 2,043 16%
Foreign Exchange
(FX) 713 929 -23%
Energy 1,971 1,924 2%
Agricultural
Commodities 1,376 1,308 5%
Metals 419 477 -12%
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Total 13,712 12,953 6%
VENUE Nov 2015 Nov 2014 Percent Change
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Open outcry 1,041 993 5%
CME Globex 11,980 11,355 6%
Privately
negotiated* 692 604 14%
ROLLING THREE-MONTH AVERAGES
Average Daily Volume (In thousands)
3-Month Period Ending
PRODUCT
LINE Nov-15 Oct-15 Sep-15 Aug-15
Interest
Rates 6,272 6,614 6,658 6,905
Equity
Indexes 2,922 3,348 3,287 3,024
Foreign
Exchange
(FX) 799 856 855 870
Energy 1,996 2,044 1,965 1,885
Agricultural
Commodities 1,211 1,195 1,267 1,493
Metals 337 326 353 365
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Total 13,538 14,383 14,384 14,542
Nov-15 Oct-15 Sep-15 Aug-15
VENUE
Open
outcry 1,055 1,078 1,110 1,171
Electronic 11,749 12,586 12,620 12,781
Privately
negotiated 734 719 653 590
Average Rate Per Contract (In dollars)
3-Month Period Ending
PRODUCT
LINE Oct-15 Sept-15 Aug-15 Jul-15
Interest
Rates 0.509 0.506 0.501 0.500
Equity
Indexes 0.718 0.708 0.705 0.718
Foreign
Exchange
(FX) 0.783 0.785 0.798 0.820
Energy 1.194 1.197 1.236 1.243
Agricultural
Commodities 1.302 1.290 1.294 1.291
Metals 1.615 1.600 1.606 1.618
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Total 0.762 0.759 0.766 0.766
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, its trading facilities in New York and Chicago, and through its London-based CME Europe derivatives exchange. CME Group also operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers through CME Clearing and CME Clearing Europe, which offer clearing and settlement services across asset classes for exchange-traded contracts and over-the-counter derivatives transactions. These products and services ensure that businesses everywhere can substantially mitigate counterparty credit risk.
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