LONDON and SINGAPORE, Oct. 14,
2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading and most
diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that it achieved
its highest quarterly Asia Pacific
average daily volume (ADV) on record, with 1.2 million contracts
traded during third-quarter of 2019, up 61% year over year and
surpassing the previous quarterly record of 1.1 million contracts
traded in second-quarter 2019.
Latin America quarterly ADV was
152,000 contracts in third-quarter 2019, up 87% from the
corresponding period in 2018. This was the second-highest quarterly
ADV on record in the region and was driven by 169% growth in Metals
products.
Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) quarterly ADV was 3.8 million
contracts in third-quarter 2019, up 34% from the corresponding
period in 2018. This was the third-highest quarterly ADV on record
for EMEA and was driven by 65% growth in Equity Index products and
27% growth in Metals products.
In all, CME Group's ADV transacted outside of North America reached 5.2 million contracts
during the third quarter of 2019, up 41% over the same period in
2018. This was driven by 55% growth in Interest Rate products, a
78% increase in Equity products and 33% growth in Metals.
"We continue to see trading volume growth out of Asia Pacific as market participants continue
to look towards CME Group to manage their risks," said Christopher Fix, Managing Director and Head of
Asia Pacific, CME Group. "We had a
record quarter for Asia Pacific ADV in second-quarter 2019, and to
follow that up so quickly with another record-breaking quarter is a
signal that clients recognize that CME Group fulfils their needs
for risk management on a robust, regulated marketplace with
round-the-clock liquidity."
Globally, CME Group reached ADV of 20.2 million contracts during
the third quarter of 2019, up 30% from third-quarter 2018.
September 2019 volume averaged 19.7
million contracts per day, up 13% from September 2018. Open interest (OI) at the end of
September was 127 million contracts, up 10% from year-end 2018 and
up 6% from September 2018.
About CME Group
As the world's leading and most
diverse derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com)
enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets,
optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market
participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture
opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global
benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest
rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural
products and metals. The company offers futures and options on
futures trading through the CME Globex® platform, fixed income
trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS
platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's leading
central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing. With a range
of pre- and post-trade products and services underpinning the
entire lifecycle of a trade, CME Group also offers optimization and
reconciliation services through TriOptima, and trade processing
services through Traiana.
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