CME Group Announces Record Eurodollar Options Volume

CHICAGO, Jan. 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it reached a trading volume record for Eurodollar options yesterday, January 19, of 4,279,584 contracts, surpassing the previous record of 3,493,675 set on June 24, 2013. Open interest in Eurodollar options also increased by 1.6 million to 30.76 million, up from 26.05 million at 2015 year end.

"As we continue to see global economic uncertainty, clients are utilizing CME Group's Eurodollar options because of the deep and consistent liquidity," said Agha Mirza, CME Group Global Head of Interest Rate Products. "The contracts offer a diversity of participants, flexibility in strikes and expirations, and highly useful option tools and platforms for clients to manage their risk."

CME Eurodollar options contracts are listed by and subject to the rules of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  

As the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) is where the world comes to manage risk. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities, metals, weather and real estate. CME Group brings buyers and sellers together through its CME Globex® electronic trading platform, its trading facilities in New York and Chicago, and through its London-based CME Europe derivatives exchange. CME Group also operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers through CME Clearing and CME Clearing Europe, which offer clearing and settlement services across asset classes for exchange-traded contracts and over-the-counter derivatives transactions. These products and services ensure that businesses everywhere can substantially mitigate counterparty credit risk.

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