CME earnings rise on better volume

Revenue climbs as trading volume for quarter increases 11%

CME Group said its fourth-quarter profit grew 16% as the exchange operator's trading volume continued to improve.

Growth in CME's core business of matching up futures trades has benefited from a sharp increase in the processing of swap trades, privately negotiated derivative transactions that regulators are steering toward more-transparent platforms following the 2008 financial crisis.

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