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CME Group has announced a record in daily trading volume for its benchmark Henry Hub Natural Gas futures contract. These contracts are listed by and subject to the rules of NYMEX.

Henry Hub Natural Gas trading volumes surged yesterday to 824,316 contracts, a 48 percent increase over the previous record of 557,179 set on January 17, 2012, and a 170 percent increase over the average daily volume of 305,017 contracts in 2011.

"Our Henry Hub fu

CME Group today announced it has expanded its centrally cleared, over-the-counter (OTC) agricultural swap offering through the introduction of eight new grain and oilseed swaps. The new swaps will be available for clearing on February 13, pending reg

CME Group and Mysteel, China‘s leading provider of ferrous price and indexing services, today announced they have signed an agreement to develop risk management products for the ferrous industry based on Mysteel’s market-leading price data servic

The CME Group and National Futures Association (NFA) today announced, in conjunction with theInterContinental Exchange (ICE), the Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBOT) and the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX), the formation of a joint committee to revi

Following a brutal beat down in commodities late last week on a surprisingly bearish USDA report, hopes have returned for a rebound in grain prices as China looks to lock in good prices for the commodities they need more of.

As Bloomberg reported

CME Group announced it had reached five consecutive daily open interest records for its benchmark Henry Hub Natural Gas futures contract. These contracts are listed by and subject to the rules of NYMEX.

Thurs., Jan. 12: 1,115,469 contracts

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Corn got beat up pretty badly on Thursday, but you probably know that already, especially if you were long heading into the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s final report on the 2011 harvest.

A larger-than-expected figure for surplus stocks sent

Today at 7:30 eastern time, the USDA will release the much anticipated crop data.

And it could be the busiest trading day of this new year as a result.

According to Dan Cekander from New Age, "markets came under a little pressure Wednesday due

CME Group released the following statement on Walt Lukken being named the new president of the Futures Industry Association (FIA):

"We congratulate Walt Lukken on his appointment to head the Futures Industry Association. CME Group has had a long h

If Iran were to close the Strait of Hormuz, Brent crude would surge to between $150 and $200 a barrel, says an oil analyst with Societe Generale.

“We believe it would be relatively easy for Iran to shut down the Straits of Hormuz,” wrote Micha

It could be a big up day for the Dow.

Or a really bad day if expectations aren't met.

“ number should be pretty good,” said Goldman Sachs economist Andrew Tilton, who tells CNBC that job advertising and other indicators show an im

CME Group today announced that 2011 volume averaged a record 13.4 million contracts per day, up 10 percent from 2010. Highlights for the year included record annual average daily volume for foreign exchange (FX), agricultural commodities, energy and

Traders are closely watching the returns in Iowa tonight.

With so many economic and market related matters hinging on the 2012 presidential election, investors want to know who the GOP candidate will be.

On Tuesday, however, Iowa pointed to fur

To end the final week of trading for 2011, corn traders were bullish for a fifth consecutive week on speculation that dry weather in South America is damaging crops.

If that's the case, demand for U.S. supplies of the golden grain could push corn

Have the bears come for the gold to wind down 2011?

As Bloomberg reported late Thursday, Gold has now posted the longest slump since March 2009 as gains in the dollar eviscerated demand for precious metals as alternative assets.

The dollar clim

The impressive market rally seen in recent days among commodities was almost totally missed by many of the biggest hedge funds on Wall Street.

As Bloomberg reported Monday, hedge funds reduced bets on higher commodity prices to the lowest level si

The Standard & Poor’s GSCI gauge of 24 commodities spiked 2.4 percent to close at 634.48 in New York yesterday, led by cocoa, gasoline and crude oil.

The increase was the biggest since Oct. 27, Bloomberg reported.

Crude oil also rose the mos

On Monday, AT&T officially relinquished its one-time bid to acquire carrier T-Mobile.

The Wall Street Journal was first to confirm that AT&T is abandoning its plan as result of insurmountable opposition from federal regulators.

Consequently, AT

On Friday, the CME Group commended the State Legislatures' efforts to address the corporate tax disparity in Illinois.

"We are pleased that Illinois Governor Pat Quinn and the State Legislature have addressed the inequitable distribution of corpor

Javelin Capital Markets, a swaps trading platform, and the CME, a swaps clearing house, today announced that they had executed and cleared over $4.1 Billion of interest rates swap trades in an average time of under 2 seconds--a market first.

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