CME Group August Average Daily Volume Up 16% YoY - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - CME Group (CME) announced that August 2017 average daily volume reached 16 million contracts, up 16 percent compared with August 2016. CME Group August 2017 options volume averaged 3.1 million contracts per day, up 30 percent versus August 2016, with electronic options averaging 2.2 million contracts per day, up 51 percent over the same period last year.

Foreign Exchange volume averaged 817,000 contracts per day in August 2017, up 29 percent from August 2016. Equity Index volume averaged 2.7 million contracts per day in August 2017, up 15 percent from August 2016. Interest Rate volume averaged 7.8 million contracts per day in August 2017, up 10 percent from August 2016.