CME Group’s FX Volumes Drop in Q2 2018, Still Up YoY

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World’s largest futures exchange operator CME Group Inc has just released its Q2 2018 aggregated volumes, sharing its trading statistics across key business segments. The latest figures reflect a notable drop over the first quarter in terms of average daily volumes, having been subject to a wide range of factors that influenced the market last quarter.

In terms of its overall volume for Q2 2018, CME Group reported an average of 18.4 million contracts per day, which was indicative of a fall of -17 percent quarter-over-quarter from 22.2 million contracts per day in the Jan-March quarter.

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