CME Group Apr Volume Averaged 11.5 Mln Contracts Per Day - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Futures exchange operator CME Group Inc. (CME) said its volume averaged 11.45 million contracts per day for the month of April 2015, down 6 percent year-over-year.

Total volume for April 2015 also declined 2 percent to 252 million contracts, of which 87 percent was traded electronically, and options volume averaged 2.3 million contracts per day, down 1 percent from last year.

CME Group interest rate volume averaged 5.1 million contracts per day in April 2015, down 14 percent compared with April 2014. Eurodollar futures volume averaged 1.8 million contracts per day, down 18 percent from the same period a year ago.

Energy average daily volume of 1.8 million contracts grew 23 percent from last year, and foreign exchange (FX) average daily volume rose 50 percent to 838,000 contracts. Agricultural commodities average daily volume rose 11 percent to 1.3 million contracts per day.