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- Derivatives marketplace CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) said on Wednesday its August average daily volume rose by 31% Y/Y to 31.7M contracts, the second-highest monthly volume ever.
- The company attributed the surge in ADV to double-digit increases across all six asset classes.
- Interest rate ADV reached 18.3M contracts and its deeply liquid U.S. Treasury complex hit 11.5M contracts.
- Equity index ADV stood at 7.5M contracts, and energy ADV came in at 2.6M contracts.
- The agricultural ADV for the month was 1.6M contracts and the foreign exchange ADV was 1M contracts.
- Metals ADV was recorded at 708K contracts.
- Source: Press Release
