CHICAGO, July 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the
world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today
announced its Agricultural Products reached a record of 2,873,291
in trading volume on June 30, 2015,
surpassing the prior record of 2,856,869 set on June 26, 2015.
CME Group also confirmed records in daily trading volume for the
following CBOT grain and oilseed products:
- Combined Corn futures and options volume reached 1,122,398,
compared to the previous record of 1,091,950 set on June 26, 2015.
- Corn futures reached 845,770, surpassing the previous record of
796,786 on June 26, 2015.
- Combined Soybean futures and options volume reached 722,777,
compared to the previous record of 649,908 on June 26, 2015.
- Soybean futures reached 503,063, surpassing the previous record
of 486,314 set on October 28,
2014.
- Chicago Soft Red Winter Wheat options reached 98,095 contracts,
compared to 93,827 on June 26,
2015.
These grain and oilseed futures and options contracts are listed
by and subject to the rules of CBOT.
Additional information about CME Group's Agricultural Products
can be found at www.cmegroup.com/agriculture.
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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