CME Group August Average Daily Volume Down 15%

(RTTNews) - CME Group (CME) said that August 2016 average daily volume or ADV reached 13.8 million contracts per day, down 15 percent from August 2015.

CME Group year-to-date 2016 ADV through August averaged 15.5 million contracts per day, up 9 percent.

Total open interest was 105 million contracts at the end of August, up 15 percent from year-end 2015.

Metals volume averaged 414,000 contracts per day in August 2016, up 9 percent from August 2015. Energy volume averaged 2.2 million contracts per day in August 2016, up 6 percent from August 2015.

Agricultural volume averaged 1.2 million contracts per day in August 2016, down 11 percent from August 2015. Interest rate volume averaged 7.1 million contracts per day in August 2016, down 11 percent from August 2015.

Foreign exchange volume averaged 632,000 contracts per day in August 2016, down 29 percent from August 2015. Equity index volume averaged 2.3 million contracts per day in August 2016, down 37 percent from August 2015.