CME Group Feb Volume Averaged 15.8 Mln Contracts Per Day - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Futures exchange operator CME Group Inc. (CME) said its volume averaged 15.81 million contracts per day for the month of February 2015, up 13 percent year-over-year, being the highest February average daily volume ever.

Total volume for February 2015 was over 300 million contracts, of which 87 percent was traded electronically, and options volume averaged 2.8 million contracts per day, up 14 percent from last year.

CME Group interest rate volume averaged 8.7 million contracts per day in February 2015, up 27 percent compared with February 2014. Eurodollar futures volume averaged 2.8 million contracts per day, up 38 percent from the same period a year ago.

Energy average daily volume of 2.4 million contracts grew 32 percent from last year, bolstered by records in WTI crude oil, Brent crude oil, and heating oil.