CHICAGO, Oct. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that September 2015 volume averaged 14.1 million contracts per day, down 7 percent from September 2014. Total volume was more than 296 million contracts, of which 87 percent was traded electronically. Average daily volume to date in 2015 is 14.2 million contracts, up 7 percent versus the same period in 2014, with year-over-year growth across all six product lines.

CME Group interest rate volume averaged 6.2 million contracts per day in September 2015, down 23 percent compared with September 2014. Treasury futures volume averaged 2.3 million contracts per day, down 21 percent from the same period a year ago. Treasury options volume was down 24 percent at more than 515,000 contracts per day. Eurodollar futures volume averaged 2.3 million contracts per day, down 30 percent compared with September 2014. Eurodollar options volume averaged 966,000 contracts per day, down 22 percent in September, with 20 percent of the Eurodollar options volume traded electronically.

CME Group equity index volume in September 2015 averaged 3.7 million contracts per day, up 19 percent from September 2014. CME Group foreign exchange volume averaged 947,000 contracts per day, down 18 percent from the same period a year ago. The average daily notional value of FX contracts traded in September was $95 billion.

CME Group energy volume averaged 1.9 million contracts per day in September 2015, up 22 percent from September 2014. CME Group agricultural commodities volume averaged 1.1 million contracts per day, up 3 percent compared with the prior-year period. CME Group metals volume averaged 295,000 contracts per day, down 9 percent compared with the prior September.

In September 2015, CME Group cleared $199 billion in average daily notional value of over-the-counter (OTC) interest rate swaps. Month-end OTC interest rate swap open interest was $22 trillion, which represents 60 percent of clients' total cleared OTC interest rate swap open interest. Average daily trade count for the month was 1,473.

Third-quarter 2015 volume averaged 14.4 million contracts per day, up 7 percent from third-quarter 2014. Main highlights included 27 percent growth in interest rate average daily volume, 26 percent growth in energy, 20 percent growth in agricultural commodities and 14 percent growth in metals. Third-quarter 2015 options average daily volume of 2.9 million contracts grew 9 percent from third-quarter 2014, with electronic options average daily volume growing at 23 percent for the same period to 55 percent electronic.





                  MONTHLY AVERAGE DAILY VOLUME (ADV)


                          Total Exchange ADV

                            ( in thousands)


                                   Sep 2015          Sep 2014
                                   --------          --------

    Trading
     Days                                 21                      21


    PRODUCT
     LINE                          Sep 2015          Sep 2014        Percent Change
                                   --------          --------        --------------

    Interest
     Rates                             6,196                   8,074                -23%

    Equity
     Indexes                           3,664                   3,076                 19%

    Foreign
     Exchange
     (FX)                                947                   1,150                -18%

    Energy                             1,948                   1,598                 22%

     Agricultural
     Commodities                       1,060                   1,031                  3%

    Metals                               295                     325                 -9%
                                         ---                     ---                 ---

         Total                        14,110                  15,254                 -7%



                          Sep 2015        Sep 2014        Percent Change

    VENUE


    Open outcry                     1,054           1,445                -27%

    CME Globex                     12,296          13,046                 -6%

    Privately negotiated*             760             763                  0%





                 QUARTERLY AVERAGE DAILY VOLUME (ADV)


                          Total Exchange ADV

                            ( in thousands)


                                    Q3 2015           Q3 2014
                                    -------           -------

    Trading Days                          64                      64


    PRODUCT LINE                    Q3 2015           Q3 2014        Percent Change
                                    -------           -------        --------------

    Interest
     Rates                             6,658                   7,181                -7%

    Equity
     Indexes                           3,287                   2,590                27%

    Foreign
     Exchange
     (FX)                                855                     797                 7%

    Energy                             1,965                   1,562                26%

    Agricultural
     Commodities                       1,267                   1,054                20%

    Metals                               353                     308                14%
                                         ---                     ---                ---

         Total                        14,384                  13,493                 7%



                          Q3 2015        Q3 2014        Percent Change

    VENUE


    Open outcry                    1,110          1,208                -8%

    CME Globex                    12,620         11,627                 9%

    Privately negotiated*            653            657                -1%



    ROLLING THREE-MONTH AVERAGES


    Average Daily Volume (In thousands)


                                       3-Month Period Ending

     PRODUCT
     LINE                                      Sep-15         Aug-15        Jul-15        Jun-15

     Interest
     Rates                                              6,658         6,905         6,876         6,599

     Equity
     Indexes                                            3,287         3,024         2,519         2,364

     Foreign
     Exchange
     (FX)                                                 855           870           866           903

    Energy                                              1,965         1,885         1,764         1,749

     Agricultural
     Commodities                                        1,267         1,493         1,447         1,400

    Metals                                                353           365           351           331
                                                          ---           ---           ---           ---

         Total                                         14,384        14,542        13,823        13,347


                                               Sep-15         Aug-15        Jul-15        Jun-15

    VENUE

     Open
     outcry                                             1,110         1,171         1,179         1,108

    Electronic                                         12,620        12,781        12,086        11,705

     Privately
     negotiated                                           653           590           557           534



    Average Rate Per Contract (In dollars)


                                       3-Month Period Ending

     PRODUCT
     LINE                                      Aug-15        Jul-15       Jun-15       May-15

     Interest
     Rates                                             0.501        0.500        0.502        0.498

     Equity
     Indexes                                           0.705        0.718        0.725        0.731

     Foreign
     Exchange
     (FX)                                              0.798        0.820        0.816        0.820

    Energy                                             1.236        1.243        1.277        1.278

     Agricultural
     Commodities                                       1.294        1.291        1.311        1.315

    Metals                                             1.606        1.618        1.634        1.644
                                                       -----        -----        -----        -----

         Total                                         0.766        0.766        0.777        0.775

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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