CHICAGO, March 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the
world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today
announced COMEX Copper options open interest reached a record
62,220 contracts on March 18,
surpassing the previous record of 56,674 contracts set on
February 22.
Aggregate call option open interest for COMEX Copper also
reached a record 44,571 contracts, surpassing the prior record of
35,515 contracts set on February 22.
Since the start of the year, COMEX Copper options have set 13 daily
open interest records, including 12 consecutive record days in
February 2019.
Copper options are listed with and subject to the rules of
COMEX. To learn more, please
visit: www.cmegroup.com/copperoptions.
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income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the
EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's
leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME
Clearing. With a range of pre- and post-trade products and
services underpinning the entire lifecycle of a trade, CME Group
also offers optimization and reconciliation services through
TriOptima, and trade processing services through Traiana.
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