WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Futures exchange operator CME Group Inc.'s (CME) October 2014 volume averaged 17.6 million contracts per day, up 58 percent year-over-year, and posted year-on-year growth in all six product lines. Total volume for October 2014 was over 404 million contracts, of which 87 percent was traded electronically, and 15.4 million contracts traded on CME Globex during the month.
CME Group open interest stands at nearly 104.9 million contracts at the end of the month, up 25 percent year-to-date.
CME Group interest rate volume averaged 9.2 million contracts per day in October 2014, up 89 percent compared with October 2013. Eurodollar futures volume averaged a record 3.8 million contracts per day, up 100 percent from the previous year.
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