CME Group (CME) announced that March 2013 volume averaged 12.5 million contracts per day, flat compared with March 2012. Total volume for March 2013 was more than 249 million contracts, of which 88 percent was traded electronically.
First-quarter 2013 volume averaged 12.5 million contracts per day, up 1 percent from first-quarter 2012. It included record quarterly futures and options volume in the British Pound, Japanese Yen, Ultra Treasury Bond, longer-dated Eurodollar and live cattle contracts. In addition, during the month of February, CME had record FX options volume, record Treasury futures volume and strong Treasury options volume.
In March 2013, CME Group foreign exchange (FX) volume averaged 1.1 million contracts per day, up 14 percent from March 2012. In addition, the global suite of FX products had record open interest and large open interest holders on March 7, 2013. CME Group equity index volume in March 2013 averaged 3.1 million contracts per day, up 13 percent from the same period last year.
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