CHICAGO, Nov. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that October 2014 volume averaged a record 17.6 million contracts per day, up 58 percent from October 2013, and posted year-over-year growth in all six product lines. Total volume for October 2014 was more than 404 million contracts, of which 87 percent was traded electronically, and a record 15.4 million contracts traded on CME Globex during the month. CME Group open interest stands at approximately 104.9 million contracts at the end of the month, up 25 percent year-to-date.

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CME Group interest rate volume averaged 9.2 million contracts per day in October 2014, up 89 percent compared with October 2013. Eurodollar futures volume averaged a record 3.8 million contracts per day, up 100 percent from the same period a year ago. Eurodollar options volume averaged 1.2 million contracts per day, up 88 percent from October last year. Treasury futures volume averaged 3.4 million contracts per day, up 88 percent compared with October 2013. Treasury options volume averaged 695,000 contracts per day, up 46 percent from the same period last year. Overall CME Group interest rate open interest has increased 45 percent year-to-date.

CME Group FX volume averaged 986,000 contracts per day, up 53 percent from October 2013. The average daily notional value of FX contracts traded in October was $114 billion. CME Group equity index volume in October 2014 averaged 4.0 million contracts per day, up 50 percent from the same period a year ago, and included monthly volume records for overall equity index options, as well as E-mini S&P 500 options.

CME Group agricultural commodities volume averaged 1.3 million contracts per day in October 2014, up 30 percent compared with the prior-year period. CME Group energy volume averaged 1.8 million contracts per day, up 9 percent from October 2013. CME Group metals volume averaged 330,000 contracts per day, up 9 percent compared with the prior October.

In October 2014, CME Group cleared a record $181 billion in average daily notional value of over-the-counter (OTC) interest rate swaps. During the month, OTC interest rate swap open interest increased 9 percent from the end of September to $21.9 trillion, which represents 60 percent of clients' total cleared OTC interest rate swap open interest. Average daily trade count for the month was 1,843.



    MONTHLY AVERAGE DAILY VOLUME (ADV)


                                       Total Exchange ADV

                                        ( in thousands)


                                                          Oct 2014 Oct 2013
                                                          -------- --------

    Trading
     Days                                                       23        23


    PRODUCT
     LINE                                                 Oct 2014 Oct 2013  Percent Change
                                                          -------- --------  --------------

    Interest
     Rates                                                   9,199     4,868              89%

    Equity
     Indexes                                                 4,035     2,682              50%

    Foreign
     Exchange
     (FX)                                                      986       644              53%

    Energy                                                   1,766     1,626               9%

     Agricultural
     Commodities                                             1,270       976              30%

    Metals                                                     330       302               9%
                                                               ---       ---              ---

         Total                                              17,586    11,097              58%


    VENUE                 Oct 2014        Oct 2013       Percent Change
                          --------        --------       --------------

    Open outcry                     1,484            966                54%

    CME Globex                     15,377          9,503                62%

    Privately negotiated*             725            628                15%

ROLLING THREE-MONTH AVERAGES

Average Daily Volume (In thousands)



                  3-Month Period Ending

    PRODUCT
     LINE                 Oct-14         Sep-14        Aug-14        Jul-14

    Interest
     Rates                         8,221         7,181         6,643         6,741

    Equity
     Indexes                       3,158         2,586         2,392         2,353

    Foreign
     Exchange
     (FX)                            937           797           671           645

    Energy                         1,609         1,562         1,534         1,520

     Agricultural
     Commodities                   1,127         1,058         1,104         1,057

    Metals                           312           308           308           322
                                     ---           ---           ---           ---

         Total                    15,364        13,493        12,651        12,638


    VENUE                 Oct-14         Sep-14        Aug-14        Jul-14

    Open outcry                    1,358         1,208         1,092         1,108

    Electronic                    13,330        11,627        10,925        10,863

    Privately
     negotiated*                     676           657           634           667

*The privately negotiated venue includes both traditional block trades as well as what was historically categorized as CME ClearPort. Going forward there will no longer be a break out for CME ClearPort.

Average Rate Per Contract (In dollars)



                   3-Month Period Ending

    PRODUCT LINE           Sep-14        Aug-14       Jul-14       Jun-14

    Interest Rates                 0.473        0.473        0.470        0.473

    Equity Indexes                 0.687        0.695        0.704        0.714

    Foreign
     Exchange (FX)                 0.788        0.830        0.850        0.861

    Energy                         1.291        1.259        1.250        1.298

    Agricultural
     Commodities                   1.362        1.398        1.409        1.430

    Metals                         1.707        1.709        1.712        1.715
                                   -----        -----        -----        -----

         Total                     0.725        0.740        0.737        0.749

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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