MONTRÉAL, Feb. 25, 2014 /CNW/ - TMX Group Limited today announced that Montréal Exchange set an overall volume record of 758,731 contracts traded on February 24, 2014, surpassing the previous record of 701,657 contracts established on February 15, 2013.
MX also reached a new volume record on the Ten-Year Government of Canada Bond Futures contract (CGB) with 429,577 contracts traded on February 24, 2014, surpassing the previous record of 375,865 contracts established on November 25, 2013.
As of February 24, 2014, year-to-date total exchange volume has increased 7% and CGB volume has increased 28% compared to 2013 levels.
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TMX Group's key subsidiaries operate cash and derivative markets and clearinghouses for multiple asset classes including equities, fixed income and energy. Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TMX Select, Alpha Group, The Canadian Depository for Securities, Montreal Exchange, Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation, Natural Gas Exchange, BOX Options Exchange, Shorcan, Shorcan Energy Brokers, Equicom and other TMX Group companies provide listing markets, trading markets, clearing facilities, depository services, data products and other services to the global financial community. TMX Group is headquartered in Toronto and operates offices across Canada (Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver), in key U.S. markets (New York, Houston, Boston and Chicago) as well as in London, Beijing and Sydney. For more information about TMX Group, visit our website at www.tmx.com. Follow TMX Group on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tmxgroup.
SOURCE: TSX Group Inc.
Shane Quinn
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TMX Group
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