CME Group’s April 2016 volume averaged 13.8 million contracts per day, up 21 per cent from April 2015.
CME Group April 2016 options volume averaged 2.6 million contracts per day, up 15 per cent versus April 2015, with electronic options averaging 1.6 million contracts per day, up 31 per cent over the same period last year. Total open interest at the end of April was 110 million contracts, up 20 per cent from year-end 2015.
Interest rate volume averaged 5.5 million contracts per day in April 2016, up 8 per cent from April 2015, while equity index volume averaged 2.7 million contracts per day in April 2016, up 29 per cent from April 2015.
Foreign exchange volume meanwhile averaged 771,000 contracts per day in April 2016, down 8 per cent from April 2015.
Energy volume averaged 2.5 million contracts per day in April 2016, up 38 percent from April 2015 and metals volume averaged 440,000 contracts per day in April 2016, up 36 percent from April 2015.
