CME Group Tuesday reported its January 2025 market statistics reached 25.7 million contracts, the highest January average daily volume (ADV) on record, up 2% year-over-year. The agriculture sector saw average daily volume increase 35%, corn futures rose 60%, soy contract turn over increased 31%.
<div class=\"default-font-wrapper\" style=\"line-height: 1;font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\">January 2025 ADV across asset classes includes:<br id=\"isPasted\"><ul type=\"disc\"><li><u><a href=\"https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4354669-1&h=3965509455&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cmegroup.com%2Fmarkets%2Finterest-rates.html%3Fredirect%3D%2Ftrading%2Finterest-rates%2F&a=Interest+Rate\" target=\"_blank\">Interest Rate</a></u> ADV of 11.7 million contracts</li><li><u><a href=\"https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4354669-1&h=125761384&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cmegroup.com%2Fmarkets%2Fequities.html%3Fredirect%3D%2Ftrading%2Fequity-index%2F&a=Equity+Index\" target=\"_blank\">Equity Index</a></u> ADV of 7 million contracts</li><li>Record January <u><a href=\"https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4354669-1&h=3760162149&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cmegroup.com%2Fmarkets%2Fenergy.html%3Fredirect%3D%2Ftrading%2Fenergy%2F&a=Energy\" target=\"_blank\">Energy</a></u> ADV of 3.2 million contracts</li><li>Record January <u><a href=\"https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4354669-1&h=3795460415&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cmegroup.com%2Fmarkets%2Fagriculture.html%3Fredirect%3D%2Ftrading%2Fagricultural%2F&a=Agricultural\" target=\"_blank\">Agricultural</a></u> ADV of 2 million contracts</li><li><u><a href=\"https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4354669-1&h=2634416093&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cmegroup.com%2Fmarkets%2Ffx.html%3Fredirect%3D%2Ftrading%2Ffx%2F&a=Foreign+Exchange\" target=\"_blank\">Foreign Exchange</a></u> ADV of 1 million contracts</li><li><u><a href=\"https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4354669-1&h=749493711&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cmegroup.com%2Fmarkets%2Fmetals.html%3Fredirect%3D%2Ftrading%2Fmetals%2F&a=Metals\" target=\"_blank\">Metals</a></u> ADV of 697,000 contracts</li></ul>Record January <u><a href=\"https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4354669-1&h=4241216217&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cmegroup.com%2Fmarkets%2Fcryptocurrencies.html&a=Cryptocurrency\" target=\"_blank\">Cryptocurrency</a></u> ADV of 198,000 contracts ($13.6 billion notional)<br><br><ul id=\"isPasted\" type=\"disc\"><li>Agricultural ADV increased 35%<ul type=\"disc\"><li>Record January Agricultural options ADV of 469,000 contracts</li><li>Corn futures ADV increased 60% to 505,000 contracts</li><li>Soybean futures ADV increased 31% to 306,000 contracts</li></ul></li></ul><br></div>