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Significant Increases In Electronic Volumes Versus Same Period the Previous Year

- April 2007 volume averaged 4.9 million contracts per day, down 8 percent from year-ago period

Record Operating Revenues Rise 47% to 164.2 Million

- Diluted earnings per share rose 41 percent to a record $3.69

Expands capabilities to include U.S. dollars and sterling interest rate swaps

Helped Develop What Many Consider to Be the Benchmark for Asset Allocation Decisions

Q1 NYMEX electronic trading volume increases 485 percent over Q1 2006

* Delivers record March growth over year-ago period in all product lines; E-mini equities up 70%, equity standard up 52%, foreign exchange up 42%, interest rates up 34%, and commodities and alternative investments up 19%

NYMEX and MX to Create CAREX to Serve Canadian Energy Markets

New Functionality and Trading Incentives Designed to Improve Global Access, Increase Electronic Volume and Attract New Customers

CME Executives to Explain Views on Why ICE Proposal Inferior to CME/CBOT Merger Agreement

First Exchange-Traded Contract on a North American Credit Derivatives Index

CME is the first U.S. exchange to list futures on the Chinese equity market

Significant Increases In Electronic Volumes versus Same Period the Previous Year

-- Delivers second highest month ever in average daily volume

Electronic Trading, Equity Index Contracts and Electronic Eurodollar Futures also Hit Record Highs