CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse exchange, announced October volume averaged 9.5 million contracts per day, up 14 percent from October 2006.

Total electronic volume averaged 7.7 million contracts per day, up 28 percent from the prior October. Total volume exceeded 218 million contracts for the month - of which a record 81 percent were traded electronically. This was the first time that the percentage of volume traded electronically exceeded 80 percent. Overall average daily volume year to date through October increased 28 percent versus the same period last year, with equity index volume up 43 percent, foreign exchange volume up 32 percent, interest rate volume up 24 percent, and commodity and alternative investments volume up 23 percent.

CME Group E-mini equity index product volume averaged 2.6 million contracts per day in October, up 53 percent compared with October 2006. CME Group foreign exchange product volume averaged 533,000 contracts per day in October, up 31 percent compared with the year-ago period. CME Group interest rate product volume averaged 5.6 million contracts per day in October, up 5 percent from October 2006. CME Group commodities and alternative investment products volume averaged 697,000 contracts per day in October, down 15 percent compared with the same period a year ago. NYMEX energy and metals volume on the CME Globex platform in October averaged 878,000 contracts per day, up 164 percent versus the same period a year ago.