On Monday, the CME Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:CME) reported its February 2013 volume averaged 13.7 million contracts per day, up 7 percent from the previous year and up 20 percent from January 2013.? Total February 2013 volume was more than 259 million contracts–88 percent traded electronically.
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Additional highlights included the following:?
- February 2013 treasury options volume averaged 551,000 contracts per day, up 71 percent from the previous year; it was also the second-highest monthly volume ever.?
- Other monthly records included 5-Year U.S. Treasury Note futures and the Ultra Treasury Bond futures and options. ?
- Eurodollar options volume averaged 370,000 contracts per day, down 55 percent from February 2012.?
- February 2013 agricultural commodities volume averaged 1.3 million contracts per day, up 6 percent compared with the prior-year period; this also included a monthly average daily volume record for soybean meal futures.?
- Kansas City Board of Trade hard red winter wheat futures and options volume averaged 33,865 contracts per day in February 2013, up 31 percent compared to ?the same period in 2012.?
- Energy volume averaged 1.8 million contracts per day in February 2013, down 18 percent compared with the same period in 2012.
- Metals volume averaged 439,000 contracts per day during February 2013, up 11 percent from the same period last year.?