The CME Group of the international derivative market announced today that the volume in the metal complex reached a record of 2,148,990 contracts on Thursday, October 9, 2025, 24% higher than the previous record of 1,728,362 contracts traded on 12 April.
“As geopolitical and macroeconomic shifts drive uncertainty, customers from all over the world are turning to the future and the choices of our media in record numbers,” said Jin Hennig, chief executive and world leader of metals in CME Group. “Customers use our valuable metal products to manage the risk and adapt exposure to all sizes of contracts, including a record for newly emerging 1 -ounce future, designed to increase access to retail participants.”
The CME Group offers a wide range of reference products in valuable and industrial metals. Additional single -day files on October 9 include:
- Future parts of metals (1,877,878 contracts)
- Micro Gold Futures (741.822 Contracts)
- Micro Silver contracts (132,584 contracts) and open interest (18,276 contracts)
- 1 ounce gold contracts (77,946 contracts)
- Weekly gold options (70,496 contracts) and open interest (100,650 contracts).