CME Group Reports September and Third-Quarter 2020 Market Statistics

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Oct 02, 2020, 07:30 ET

CHICAGO, Oct. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today reported its September and third-quarter 2020 market statistics, showing it reached average daily volume (ADV) of 15.6 million contracts during the quarter and 16.9 million contracts during the month of September. Market statistics are available online in greater detail at https://cmegroupinc.gcs-web.com/monthly-volume.

Quarterly ADV across asset classes includes:

Equity Index ADV of 5.4 million contracts
Interest Rate ADV of 5.3 million contracts
Options ADV of 2.1 million contracts
Energy ADV of 1.9 million contracts
Agricultural ADV of 1.4 million contracts
Foreign Exchange ADV of 829,000 contracts
Metals ADV of 825,000 contracts

September ADV across asset classes includes:

Equity Index ADV of 6.9 million contracts
Interest Rate ADV of 4.9 million contracts
Options ADV of 2.3 million contracts
Energy ADV of 2 million contracts
Agricultural ADV of 1.4 million contracts
Foreign Exchange ADV of 1 million contracts
Metals ADV of 734,000 contracts

Additional highlights include:

Record ADV of 2.4 million contracts in Micro E-mini Equity futures in September and a record 2 million ADV in Q3. Micro E-mini futures and options represented 36% of overall Equity Index ADV during Q3 2020, up from 16% in Q3 2019, and up from 34% in Q2 2020
September Equity Index ADV grew 74% from September 2019, reaching its second-highest monthly ADV
E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures ADV increased 62% from September 2019 and grew 23% from Q3 2019
Record Silver futures ADV of 148,000 contracts during Q3
Record Micro Gold futures ADV of 139,000 contracts during Q3
Soybean futures ADV grew 57% from September 2019
Chicago SRW Wheat futures ADV rose 39% from September 2019
Natural Gas options ADV increased 24% from September 2019

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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