Tag: CME volume metrics

December 03, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

Volumes stabilize at CME Group, up by 10% in November

After the multiyear lows reported last month an obvious pickup is firming up on FX futures trading The derivatives market place CME Group has just announced its volume metrics for the month of November. The numbers came out at 718,000 contracts which looks much better than last month’s multiyear lows, however the amount is still lower from…

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October 02, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

CME Group September FX volumes up 11% from August

... although CME's volume metrics remain well below last year (-20%). CME Group, which runs the world's largest derivatives marketplace, announced that September FX futures volumes increased by 11% from August, averaging 825,000 contracts per day.On a year-to-year comparison, however, CME is running about 20% behind last year, when last September volumes topped 1 million contracts…

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