International Marketplace CME Group derivatives announced the record volume and open interest in the entire metal battery complex.
A total of 2,587 contracts negotiated in all future and choices of future batteries on May 29, exceeding the previous record of 2,301 contracts set on 11 February 2025.
“The CME Group is the choice of selecting the management of global risk of batteries,” said Jin Hennig, chief executive and world leader of the metal at the CME Group. “These new records have been driven by the reference lithium hydroxide and the future of metallic future fulfillment, which reached over 1,000 contracts that were negotiated in one day for the first time, we also see strong development of commercial users, contributing to the attraction markets ”.
The CME Group offers market participants with the wider range of battery metal products. Throughout the complex, all 10 of the top 10 volume days have happened this year, with an average daily volume of 837 contracts, up 100% from last year.
CME’s Battery Battery Group suite includes contracts and options with lithium hydroxide, lithium -fulfillment contracts, contracts and cobblestone options, future cobalt hydroxide contracts and Spodumene contracts, which are listed and subject to COMEX rules.