CME Group reports Q1 ADV 29.8M contracts

CME Group (CME) reported its Q1 and March 2025 market statistics, with average daily volume reaching a new, all-time quarterly record of 29.8M contracts and the second-highest March ADV on record with 30.8M contracts. In Q1, the company’s ADV grew 13% year-over-year, with record volume in interest rate, equity index, agricultural, foreign exchange and cryptocurrency products. CME Group’s deeply liquid U.S. Treasury complex hit a quarterly ADV record of 9.2M contracts and its Henry Hub Natural Gas complex set a quarterly ADV record of 1.1M contracts. March ADV grew 27% year-over-year, with record monthly equity index ADV of 9.7M contracts and double-digit ADV growth in interest rate, energy, agricultural, foreign exchange and cryptocurrency products.