The CME Group announced Monday that February 2013 volume averaged 13.7 million contracts per day, up 7 percent from February 2012, and up 20 percent from January 2013. Total volume for February 2013 was more than 259 million contracts, of which 88 percent was traded electronically.
CME Group foreign exchange (FX) volume averaged 1.1 million contracts per day, up 26 percent from February 2012, and included a monthly average daily volume record for Japanese Yen futures and options. CME Group equity index volume in February 2013 averaged 2.7 million contracts per day, up 22 percent from the same period last year.
CME Group energy volume averaged 1.8 million contracts per day in February 2013, down 18 percent compared with the same period in 2012, which was particularly strong due primarily to shifting supply-and-demand dynamics in natural gas at that time. CME Group metals volume averaged 439,000 contracts per day, up 11 percent from the same period last year.