CME SETS FEBRUARY TRADING VOLUME RECORD
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)
posted record trading volume for the month of February when
6,556,464 futures and options contracts changed hands, up 15.2
pct from last February's volume of 5,693,243 contracts.
    Interest rate futures trading was the most active segment
at the exchange, with Eurodollar futures setting a monthly
record of 1,472,184 contracts, up 78.4 pct, from volume of
825,087 contracts in February last year and surpassing the
previous record of 1,288,729 contracts set in September, 1986.
    Options on Eurodollar futures also set a monthly record of
235,916 contracts, up 92.4 pct from 122,616 a year ago.
    Trading in currency futures and options at the CME fell 4.6
pct during February from a year ago, with 2,012,148 contracts
changing hands compared to 2,119,198 contracts in the same
period last year.
    Volume in most currency futures contracts fell in February,
while options on the currency futures rose 28.2 pct. Options on
mark futures set a monthly record at 273,749 contracts, up from
the previous record of 268,831 contracts in January.
    Agricultural futures volume rose 17.1 pct during the month,
with live hog futures volume leading the market segment, rising
27.7 pct to 138,543 contracts.
 Reuter
