CME Group Inc.'s (CME) first-quarter net income attributable to the company was $235.8 million or $0.71 per share, down from $266.6 million or $0.80 per share in the same quarter last year.
First-quarter 2013 results included a $12 million expense due to foreign exchange transaction losses incurred during the quarter principally, related to cash held in British pounds within foreign entities whose functional currency is the U.S. dollar. On a non-GAAP basis, earnings per share for the latest-quarter would have been $0.73. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the company to report earnings of $0.73 per share for the quarter. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items.
First-quarter 2013 average daily volume was 12.5 million contracts, up 1 percent from first-quarter 2012, and was the highest quarterly average daily volume since third-quarter 2011. Clearing and transaction fee revenues were $593 million, down 4 percent compared with the same period last year. First-quarter total average rate per contract was $0.785 cents, down 3 percent compared with first-quarter 2012.
Revenues for the quarter declined to $718.6 million from $774.6 million in the prior year quarter. Eight analysts had consensus revenue estimate of $714.60 million for the quarter.
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