Article: CME surpasses one billion contracts traded in 2005; Milestone fueled by increase in electronic trading, international growth and new product offerings.

M2 PRESSWIRE-13 December 2005-Chicago Mercantile Exchange: CME surpasses one billion contracts traded in 2005; Milestone fueled by increase in electronic trading, international growth and new product offerings(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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CHICAGO -- CME, the world's largest and most diverse financial exchange, announced today that on Friday, December 9 it surpassed one billion contracts, excluding non-traditional TRAKRS futures contracts, traded in a single year for the first time in the 107-year history of the exchange. Year to date, CME has traded 1 billion contracts, an increase of more than 32 percent from this time last year. So ...

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