The Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade, the two largest futures exchanges in the US, saw their highest volume gains in 2005, while European exchanges OMX and SWX also posted record volume numbers.

The CME, the largest US futures exchange, saw its trading volumes top one billion contracts for the first time in 2005. The exchange posted its sixth consecutive year of double-digit volume gains. Average daily volume at the CME was roughly 4.2 million contracts, up 34% from 2004.