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Article: CME Sets Global Futures Exchange Milestone with 10.7 Million Contracts Traded; Second Consecutive Record Day for Total and Electronic Volume.
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- September 2, 2005
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Electronic CME Eurodollar Options Volume Continues to Grow with Friday Morning Trading Already at Record Levels
CHICAGO, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- CME, the world's largest and most diversified financial exchange, today reported that for the first time in the exchange's history, trading volume exceeded 10 million contracts, with 10.7 million contracts* traded on Thursday, Sept. 1, a global record for a futures exchange. This exceeded the previous day's record volume of 9.97 million contracts.
For the second consecutive day, volume on the CME(R) Globex(R) electronic trading platform achieved a new high with 6.9 million contracts traded. This surpassed the ...