Energy derivatives

IBOVESPA Futures to be Listed on CME Globex Trading Platform; S&P 500 Index, Light Sweet Crude Oil (WTI) and Mini-sized Soybean Futures on BVMF PUMA Trading System

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it reached an open interest record for its power contracts.  At the close of trading Friday, open interest in CME Group power contracts reached 1,001,362,363 Megawatt hours (MWh), breaking the billion MWh threshold for the first time ever.  CME Group power contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules of the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX).

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global regulated futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, today announced the launch of 22 new cleared OTC contracts for global refined petroleum products, North American power and North American natural gas. ICE also announced the introduction on ICE Futures Europe of single-expiry coal options, as well as Dutch TTF Natural Gas options.

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global regulated futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, today announced the launch of 21 new OTC North American emissions contracts. All of the new forward contracts will be available for the trade date of Monday, August 29, 2011, and options will be available Monday, September 19, 2011.

The new contracts are:

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global regulated futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, today announced the launch of 18 new cleared OTC energy contracts for North American power, natural gas liquids (NGLs), natural gas and global oil and refined petroleum products.

IntercontinentalExchange, a leading operator of global regulated futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced that ICE Futures Europe established a daily volume record of 2,093,304 contracts on 23 June. The volume record surpassed by 23% the exchange's previous daily volume record of 1,703,446 contracts set on 6 May 2011.

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global regulated futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, today announced the launch of 48 new cleared OTC energy contracts for North American power, North American natural gas and global refined petroleum products.

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global regulated futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, today announced the launch of 49 new cleared OTC energy contracts for global oil and refined petroleum products, North American natural gas and North American power.

Trayport, the leading provider of software to the European commodity trading community, announced today that it has signed an agreement with MEFF to develop a clearing link. This will integrate with MEFF POWER, the MEFF CCP for energy products, offering real-time straight through processing from its GlobalVision Broker Trading SystemsSM to MEFF's clearing systems for processing transactions. 

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global regulated futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, today announced the launch of 39 new cleared OTC energy contracts for global oil and refined petroleum products, North American power, North American natural gas and natural gas liquids.