In addition, a new record in the notional value of its FX futures and options on futures contracts was established yesterday, when futures and options contracts worth $168.4 billion were traded. The previous notional value record was traded on March 31, 2008, when futures and options on futures contracts worth $167.9 billion were traded -- a total of 1,217,674 contracts.

Yesterday also marked a record day in trading of the Mexican peso, with a total of 115,677 contracts worth a notional value of $5.5 billion traded -- up 28 percent on the previous record of 90,690 contracts, worth a notional value of $4.2 billion, set on March 6, 2008.

CME Group offers the largest regulated FX complex in the world. CME Group provides FX users with liquid, transparent markets, guaranteed execution and central counterparty clearing risk management on 41 individual FX futures and 31 options on futures products. Last year more than 144 million FX contracts with a notional value of more than $17.9 trillion traded at the exchange. -- www.cme.com