CME Group

CME

Market cap $96.6B

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CHICAGO and LONDON , Oct. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, and FTSE Russell, the global index provider, today announced a 12-year extension of CME Group's exclusive license to offer futures, options on futures and OTC-cleared products based on FTSE Russell indexes. "We are very pleased to extend our licensing agreement and partnership with FTSE Russell to continue providing global market participants with tools to effectively manage their equity index exposure," said Tim McCourt, Global Head of Equities, FX and Alternative Products at CME Group.

CHICAGO and DUBAI, UAE, Oct. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced its expansion into the Middle East with the opening of its Dubai office. Located in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the firm will operate locally under a DFSA license.

CHICAGO , Oct. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, announced its new options on Solana (SOL) and XRP futures suite are now available for trading. Clients will now have the ability to trade options on SOL, Micro SOL, XRP, and Micro XRP futures, with daily, monthly and quarterly expiries available.

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Driven by Heightened Activity in Gold and Silver CHICAGO , Oct. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that volume in its metals complex reached a record 2,148,990 contracts on Thursday, October 9, 2025, 24% higher than the previous record of 1,728,362 contracts traded on April 12, 2024. "As geopolitical and macroeconomic shifts drive uncertainty, clients from around the world are turning to our metals futures and options in record numbers," said Jin Hennig, Managing Director and Global Head of Metals at CME Group.

U.S. stocks settled mostly higher on Friday, with the Dow Jones index gaining more than 200 points during the session as investors shrugged off government shutdown concerns and a missing jobs report.

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CHICAGO , Oct. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that its cryptocurrency futures and options will be available to trade 24 hours a day, seven days a week beginning in early 2026, pending regulatory review. "While not all markets lend themselves to operating 24/7, client demand for around-the-clock cryptocurrency trading has grown as market participants need to manage their risk every day of the week," said Tim McCourt, Global Head of Equities, FX and Alternative Products at CME Group.

Record quarterly cryptocurrency ADV of 340,000 contracts CHICAGO , Oct. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today reported its quarterly and monthly market statistics, with average daily volume (ADV) reaching 25.3 million contracts in Q3 and 26.1 million contracts in September, the second-highest ADV on record for both periods. Market statistics are available in greater detail at https://cmegroupinc.gcs-web.com/monthly-volume.