CME Group stock follows record October volume of 30 million contracts

Published on 11/04/2026 at 13:07 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

CME Group stock enters November after broad-based derivatives activity strengthened across key markets. Interest-rate and Treasury trading led the monthly advance.

Trading activity reaches new records

Interest-rate products delivered the strongest advance, supported by higher Treasury futures and options activity.
International trading, repo activity and smaller contract formats also expanded during October.
The volume mix points to broad demand across rates, equity indexes, energy and agricultural markets.

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CME Group reported record October trading activity on Tuesday, November 3, with average daily volume reaching 30 million contracts. The figure was 15% above October 2025, when the previous October record stood at 26.3 million contracts, according to Morningstar, which carried the company release distributed by PR Newswire.

Rates lead broad market growth

Interest-rate average daily volume rose 28% to 14.8 million contracts. U.S. Treasury futures and options were a major driver, with average daily volume increasing 48% to 9.2 million contracts. Ten-year Treasury note futures rose 58% to 2.7 million contracts, while five-year and two-year note futures increased 50% and 51%, respectively.

Equity index average daily volume increased 15% to 8.8 million contracts. Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures climbed 74% to 2.9 million contracts, and E-mini Nasdaq-100 options increased 32% to 131,000 contracts. Energy average daily volume rose 1% to 2.7 million contracts, helped by a 221% increase in Micro WTI crude oil futures to 190,000 contracts.

International and repo activity expand

International average daily volume advanced 9% to 9 million contracts. Activity in Europe, the Middle East and Africa increased 7% to 6.3 million contracts, while Asia-Pacific volume rose 15% to 2.3 million contracts.

CME Group also reported stronger activity across its related trading businesses. BrokerTec average daily notional value increased 18% to 1.127 trillion US dollars, including record US repo activity of 419.5 billion US dollars. European repo average daily notional value rose 19% to 358 billion euros, while EBS spot foreign-exchange average daily notional value increased 9% to 62.3 billion US dollars.

Volume breadth shapes investor view

The October figures show that the increase was not limited to one product line. Rates, equity indexes, energy and agricultural products all set October records, while smaller contracts continued to broaden access to the exchange group's markets. Cryptocurrency average daily volume reached 145,000 contracts, representing 7.85 billion US dollars in notional value.

The real-time quote of CME Group Inc. stock showed a price of 272.25 euros on Lang & Schwarz at 13:01 CET on Wednesday, November 4, 2026.