Record-breaking future trading day for CME 15 March 2016Chicago Reporter: Drew Nicol
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CME Group smashed its foreign exchange futures and options trading volume record by 6 percent on 10 March.
The US options and futures exchange achieved trading volume of 2.5 million contracts, surpassing the previous record of 2.3 million set on 6 May in 2010.
Euro foreign exchange futures (euro/US dollar) drove the record day with $127.13 billion in notional traded in futures and $18.5 billion in options.
CME Group foreign exchange futures and options contracts are listed by and subject to the rules of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
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