Open interest

ICE Reports Record Futures Open Interest of 48 Million Contracts

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Friday, July 30, 2021
Banking, Professional services, Finance, Financial markets, Finance, Futures exchanges, Money, Futures markets, Economy of London, Futures contract, Intercontinental Exchange, Interest rate future, Euribor, Open interest, Richard L. Sandor

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology, and market infrastructure, today announced record total futures open interest of more than 48 million contracts on July 27, 2021.

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  • Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology, and market infrastructure, today announced record total futures open interest of more than 48 million contracts on July 27, 2021.
  • Open interest across ICEs global environmental complex hit a record 2.86 million contracts across futures and options on July 27, up 21% year-over-year (y/y), reflecting the importance of these markets in pricing climate risk.
  • As part of this, the North American environmental complex hit record open interest of 1.13 million contracts on July 27 across futures and options.
  • Open interest in Interest Rate futures and options is up 27% y/y, with open interest in Sterling and SONIA futures and options up 36% y/y and by more than 200% y/y, respectively; Euribor open interest is up 11% y/y; and open interest in ICE Gilt futures and options, the highly liquid market benchmark for UK Government Bonds, is up 38% y/y.

ICE’s Global Energy Markets Reach Record Open Interest as Participants Navigate Challenging Markets

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Thursday, July 2, 2020
Finance, Oil, Gas, Banking, Energy, Professional services, Financial markets, Commodity markets, Futures exchanges, Economy of London, Finance, Futures markets, Intercontinental Exchange, Futures contract, New York Stock Exchange, Open interest, Futures exchange

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, continues to attract record levels of open interest across its energy markets.

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  • Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, continues to attract record levels of open interest across its energy markets.
  • ICE reached record open interest in Total Energy futures of 32.5 million contracts on June 25, 2020, contributing to a year-over-year increase of 19% in Total Energy open interest.
  • Open interest in natural gas, one of the key drivers of these records, stood at a record 16.4 million contracts, including open interest in ICEs U.S.
  • Open interest is the number of contracts that remain open each day and reflects how customers are adding to their positions for a period of time.

CME Group Hits New Open Interest Record of 138.2 Million Contracts

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Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Financial markets, Finance, Futures exchanges, CME Group, Chicago Board of Trade, Market data, Derivative, Open interest, Futures contract, Globex Trading System

CHICAGO, May 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group ,the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced total open interest reached a record 138,185,824 contracts on May 14, 2019.

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  • CHICAGO, May 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group ,the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced total open interest reached a record 138,185,824 contracts on May 14, 2019.
  • The previous record was 138,041,727 contracts set on March 15, 2018.
  • Open interest (OI) represents the number of active positions that market participants are holding open without taking delivery or offsetting, a measure that typically increases during times of market uncertainty.
  • CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates , equity indexes , foreign exchange , energy , agricultural products and metals .

HR Coil Price Volatility: Buckle Up with Leading Contract Options

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Monday, April 22, 2019
Financial markets, Economy, Finance, Futures exchanges, Futures markets, Technical analysis, Futures contract, CME Group, Option, Open interest, Price of oil, Commodity market

Concurrently, volume and open interest on CME Group's hot-roll coil futures and options contracts*, settled on CRU's US Midwest HR coil price ("The CRU") has surged as physical market participants look to manage price risk.

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  • Concurrently, volume and open interest on CME Group's hot-roll coil futures and options contracts*, settled on CRU's US Midwest HR coil price ("The CRU") has surged as physical market participants look to manage price risk.
  • This CRU Insight, written in partnership with CME Group, identifies the reasons for US Midwest HR coil price volatility, suggests it is here to stay and presents options for both understanding future market fundamentals and therefore price, and managing price risk now.
  • Volatility in US Midwest HR coil prices increased markedly in 2018.
  • HRC futures volumes and open interest surge in 2018; reach record levels in Q1 2019
    Use of CME HR coil futures and options contracts expanded greatly in 2018 and into 2019, as Chart 2 below shows.