CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today reported August 2020 market statistics, including average daily volume (ADV) of 16.4 million contracts during the month. Open interest at the end of August was 101 million contracts. Market statistics are available in greater detail at https://cmegroupinc.gcs-web.com/monthly-volume.

August ADV across asset classes includes:

• Interest Rate ADV of 7.2 million contracts
• Equity Index ADV of 4.1 million contracts
• Options ADV of 2.1 million contracts
• Energy ADV of 1.9 million contracts
• Agricultural ADV of 1.4 million contracts
• Metals ADV of 1 million contracts
• Foreign Exchange ADV of 729,000 contracts

Additional August product highlights include:

• Record Metals ADV, up 15% from August 2019, including:
  • Record Silver futures ADV of 221,000 contracts, up 61% from August 2019
  • Record Micro Gold futures ADV of 194,000 contracts, up 380% from August 2019
  • Record Micro Silver futures ADV of 34,000 contracts, up 1,000% from August 2019
• Record 3-Year Treasury Note futures trading volume of 13,401 contracts on August 31
• Micro E-mini Equity futures ADV grew 72% from August 2019
  • Options on Micro E-mini S&P500 and Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures launched August 31, trading a combined 1,815 contracts on day one
• Natural Gas options ADV rose 53% from August 2019
• Soybean futures ADV grew 23% from August 2019
• SONIA futures ADV grew 22% from August 2019
• Wheat futures ADV rose 20% from August 2019