September proved to be an exciting month for the CME Group.? The following are some of the highlights.
- ?Open interest reached record level of 108.4 million contracts
- ?Foreign exchange (FX) average daily volume rose 39 percent
- ?Interest rate average daily volume rose 23 percent
- ?Agricultural commodities average daily volume rose 13 percent
- ?Options average daily volume increased 29 percent, to record 3.1 million contracts
- ?OTC interest rate swaps hit record $178 billion in average daily notional value cleared
- ?Third-quarter 2014 volume averaged 13.5 million contracts per day, up 12 percent from third-quarter 2013