据Mia Gindis报道，CME Group Inc.因行业反对，正搁置推出全天候原油合约的计划。
Group Inc. is shelving plans to launch a round-the-clock oil contract following industry pushback.
“基于与行业参与者进行的广泛沟通，我们认定，关键参与方担心，如果未进行进一步尽职调查就在能源领域引入24小时交易，可能会产生意外后果，甚至可能给市场带来额外风险。”首席执行官特里·达菲周五在一份声明中表示。
“Based on extensive conversations with industry participants, we have determined that key constituents are concerned that introducing 24/7 trading in energy without further due diligence could create unintended consequences, possibly introducing additional risk in the marketplace,” Chief Executive Officer Terry Duffy said Friday in a statement.
拟议合约的规模将为CME现有Micro WTI期货合约的十分之一，这一计划促使美国商品期货交易委员会（CFTC）启动对24小时交易影响的审查。交易员和其他市场参与者担心，周末流动性不足可能扭曲西德克萨斯中质原油（WTI）的价格。WTI是全球最重要的原油基准之一。
The proposed contract, which would have been 1/10th the size of CME’s existing Micro WTI futures, prompted the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to launch a review of the implications of 24/7 trading. Traders and other market participants have expressed concerns that thin weekend liquidity could distort pricing in West Texas Intermediate, one of the world’s most important oil benchmarks.
达菲在声明中表示：“我们原本希望在美国司法管辖范围内并接受CFTC监管的前提下，提供一种更安全、更透明的替代方案。”
“We had hoped to provide a safer, more transparent alternative, within the US jurisdiction and CFTC oversight,” Duffy said in the statement.