CME Group volume up 17% in Feb '10

(AP) — Derivatives exchange operator CME Group Inc. said Tuesday its February volume averaged 12.5 million contracts per day, a 17 percent increase from a year ago.

Total volume was 238 million contracts in February, with 84 percent traded electronically.

Electronic volume averaged 10.5 million contracts per day, up 23 percent from February 2009.

CME Group's exchanges offer a range of products representing all major asset classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities, metals, weather and real estate.