CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse exchange, announced November volume averaged 13.0 million contracts per day, up 41 percent from November 2006, and second only to August in terms of highest monthly average daily volume during 2007.

Total electronic volume averaged 10.6 million contracts per day, up 52 percent from the prior November. Total volume exceeded 273 million contracts for the month - of which a record 81 percent were traded electronically. Overall average daily volume year to date through November increased 29 percent versus the same period last year, and quarter-to-date average daily volume through November increased 27 percent.

CME Group E-mini equity index product volume averaged 3.4 million contracts per day in November, up 89 percent compared with November 2006. CME Group interest rate product volume averaged 8.0 million contracts per day in November, up 35 percent from November 2006. CME Group foreign exchange product volume averaged 640,000 contracts per day in November, up 26 percent compared with the year-ago period. CME Group commodities and alternative investment products volume averaged 825,000 contracts per day in November, down 4 percent compared with the same period a year ago. NYMEX energy and metals volume on the CME Globex platform in November averaged a record 951,000 contracts per day, up 154 percent versus the same period a year ago.

All references to volume and rate per contract information in the text of this document exclude our non-traditional TRAKRS products, for which CME Group receives significantly lower clearing fees than other CME Group products, and Swapstream products.