NEW YORK, June 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the
world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today
announced a record in daily trading volume for its Brent Crude Oil
Last Day Financial futures contract. On Thursday, June 7, Brent futures reached a record
of 12,893 contracts, surpassing the previous record of 10,195
contracts set on May 4, 2012. These
contracts are listed by and subject to the rules of NYMEX.
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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 CME
Direct™ online trading technology offering side-by-side trading of
exchange-listed and OTC derivatives 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 for exchange-traded
contracts, as well as for over-the-counter derivatives transactions
through CME ClearPort®. These products and services ensure that
businesses everywhere can substantially mitigate counterparty
credit risk in both listed and over-the-counter derivatives
markets.
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SOURCE CME Group