CME Group has said trading volume during May averaged 10.7m contracts per day, down 15% from May 2008, but up 17% from April 2009 as trading across the exchange’s suite of interest rate derivatives soared to a 2009 record.
The exchange said total volume totalled 214m contracts during May, but the level of activity failed to match the 223m contracts traded one year earlier.
CME Group said its suite of interest rate derivatives were the strongest performing asset class during...