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CHICAGO (AFX) - Futures exchange Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc., which is buying the Chicago Board of Trade for $8 billion, said Thursday its January volume averaged 5.5 million contracts per day, up 16 percent year-over-year.Total monthly volume was 116 million contracts, with volume on the CME Globex electronic trading platform rising 19 percent to average 4 million contracts per day, representing 72 percent of total exchange volume.Total options volume was 1.3 million contracts per day, up 24 percent from January 2006. Electronic options volume averaged 158,000 contracts per day for the month, more than double the year-ago period.NYMEX volume on CME Globex averaged a record 671,000 contracts per day in January, up from 399,000 contracts per day in December. NYMEX volume on CME Globex reached a daily record of 919,900 contracts on Jan. 11, CME said.CME shares were up $5.87 to $569.17 in morning trading on the NYSE.Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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