CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) reported average daily volume of 25.9 million contracts for April 2026, according to a company statement.

Interest rate products led trading activity with 11.4 million contracts daily, followed by equity index products at 7.8 million contracts. Energy products averaged 2.9 million contracts, agricultural products reached 2 million contracts, metals recorded 926,000 contracts, foreign exchange hit 873,000 contracts, and cryptocurrency products averaged 192,000 contracts worth $14.8 billion in notional value.

Several products showed growth compared to April 2025. Micro WTI Crude Oil futures volume increased 421% to 410,000 contracts daily. KC HRW Wheat futures reached a record 107,000 contracts daily. Micro Gold futures rose 50% to 436,000 contracts, while Micro Silver futures jumped 264% to 85,000 contracts.

Japanese Yen futures set a daily record of 632,000 contracts on April 30. Ether futures volume grew 33% to 19,000 contracts daily, contributing to a 5% increase in overall cryptocurrency trading.

BrokerTec's average daily notional value increased 4% to $1.041 trillion. U.S. repo trading rose 3% to $389 billion daily, while European repo trading climbed 15% to €369 billion daily.

Customer collateral balances for the three months ending March 2026 totaled $149.5 billion in cash and $170.9 billion in non-cash assets.