CME Group Announces Trading Volume Record in Brent Crude Oil Futures

CHICAGO, Aug. 9, 2012
CME Group, the world’s leading and
most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced a record in daily trading
volume for its Brent crude oil futures contract. These contracts are listed by
and subject to the rules of NYMEX.

CRUDE OIL TRADING TODAY

Brent Crude Oil Last Day Financial Futures trading volumes jumped yesterday
to 21,997 contracts, a 70 percent increase over the previous record of 12,893
set on June 7, 2012, and a nearly 300 percent increase over the average daily
volume of 5,645 contracts in June 2012.

“We’ve seen strong, consistent growth in our Brent futures and options
contracts so far this year,” said Kendal Vroman, Senior Managing Director,
Commodities and Information Products and Services at CME Group. “CME Group
is the only market that offers the three global benchmarks – NYMEX WTI, NYMEX
Brent and DME Omani crude – on a single platform, alongside the broadest slate
of energy futures and options contracts.”