CHICAGO, Dec. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the
world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace,
experienced a record high in single-day Energy complex volume with
4,510,408 combined futures and options contracts traded on
November 30, 2016, breaking the
previous record of 3,932,201 contracts set on February 11, 2016.
CME Group offers the world's deepest and most-liquid crude oil
futures and options to customers seeking to hedge volatile crude
oil prices. WTI Light Sweet Crude Oil futures and options achieved
multiple records yesterday surrounding OPEC's decision to cut crude
oil production, further underscoring its connection to the global
crude oil marketplace:
- WTI futures volume reached 2,530,530, surpassing the prior
record of 1,861,909 set on November 9,
2016
- WTI futures open interest attained a record 2,074,018
contracts, exceeding the previous record of 2,070,055 contracts set
on November 11, 2016
- WTI options volume achieved a record 579,935 contracts versus
the previous record of 460,742 on November
29, 2016
- Reached record 374,989 WTI electronic options traded, beating
the former record on 334,145 set one day earlier on November 29, 2016
CME Group's Energy contracts are listed by and subject to the
rules of NYMEX.
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 and
its trading facilities in New York
and Chicago. CME Group also
operates CME Clearing, one of the world's leading central
counterparty clearing providers, which offers 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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