CHICAGO, Feb. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the
world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today
announced it set a total open interest record of 110.1 million on
February 3. The new record surpassed the previous open
interest record of 108.9 million contracts set on November 13, 2014.
"We are seeing a number of geopolitical and macro-economic
events impacting our markets," said Terry
Duffy, CME Group Executive Chairman and President.
"Market participants are looking for ways to manage their risk and
they see the value in turning to CME Group's deep and liquid
electronic markets during this heightened volatility."
"Open interest is one of the main indicators of activity and
liquidity in our markets," said Phupinder
Gill, CME Group CEO. "We're pleased to provide innovative
products, services and technologies for our customers to manage
their risk exposure and trade in a transparent and liquid
marketplace."
CME Group offers the widest range of global benchmark products
across all major asset classes, helping businesses everywhere
mitigate the complex risks they face in today's uncertain global
economy. For more information about CME Group, please visit
www.cmegroup.com.
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.
CME Group is a trademark of CME Group Inc. The Globe Logo, CME,
Globex and Chicago Mercantile Exchange are trademarks of Chicago
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