CHICAGO, Nov 04, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group announced today that Rick Redding, Managing Director of Products and Services, will present at the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Sixth Annual Securities Brokerage & Market Structure Conference to be held in New York City on Thursday, November 5, at 11:15 a.m. (Eastern Time)... Read more

CHICAGO, Nov 03, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that October volume averaged 10.8 million contracts per day, down 13 percent from October 2008, but up 2 percent from September 2009. Total volume was 237 million contracts for October, of... Read more

CHICAGO, Oct 30, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the launch of trading and clearing services for cash-settled trade-month swap futures on the Argus Sour Crude Index (ASCI) as published by Argus Media. Under a licensing agreement with Argu... Read more

CHICAGO, Oct 29, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group Inc. (Nasdaq: CME) today reported that third-quarter GAAP total revenues were $650 million, and GAAP operating income was $401 million from the third quarter of 2008. Third-quarter net income on a GAAP basis was $202 million and diluted earnings per share on a GAAP b... Read more

CHICAGO, Oct 28, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced today the launch of four new locations for monthly and seasonal Snowfall futures and options contracts as well as new Snowfall Index Binary options contracts, scheduled to become available for tr... Read more

CHICAGO, Oct 26, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the launch of trading and clearing services for two new NYISO Zone F, peak and off-peak, electricity swap futures contracts. Trading will be available on the New York trading floor and clea... Read more

CHICAGO, Oct 26, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives marketplace, will host its second annual Global Financial Leadership Conference (GFLC) from Nov. 2-4, 2009, at the Ritz Carlton Beach Resort in Naples, Fla. The GFLC is an exclusive event that brings together decision... Read more

CHICAGO, Oct 21, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that it has appointed Derek Sammann, an executive with 20 years of global derivatives industry experience, to its Management Team as Managing Director, Financial Products & Services. Samma... Read more

CHICAGO, Oct 16, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the launch of trading and clearing services for three new petroleum "last day" financially settled futures contracts. Trading will be available on the New York trading floor and clearing se... Read more

CHICAGO, Oct 16, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that it is expanding its Emerging Markets Incentive Program (EMIP) to provide clients in emerging markets with greater access to NYMEX products. The program will apply from 1 January, 2010 ... Read more

CHICAGO, Oct 15, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the launch of cleared over-the-counter (OTC) swaps on the S&P GSCI(R) Crude Oil Excess Return and the S&P GSCI Gold Excess Return Indices, as well as Forward contracts for the S&P GSCI Exce... Read more

CHICAGO, Oct 15, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced the expansion of electronic trading hours for CME Dairy futures and options scheduled to begin on Sunday, November 15, at 5:00 p.m. Central time. Daily electronic trading hours will remain contin... Read more

CHICAGO, Oct 14, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the launch of trading and clearing services for seven new options contracts on underlying futures strips for natural gas, crude oil, electricity and coal. Trading will be available on the N... Read more

CHICAGO, Oct 09, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group released the following statement on the U.S. Senate confirmation of Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioners Jill Sommers, Bart Chilton and Scott O'Malia. "We congratulate Ms. Sommers, Mr. Chilton and Mr. O'Malia on their confirmation to serve as CFT... Read more

CHICAGO, Oct 07, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives marketplace, will close its trading floors for Interest Rate and FX products in recognition of Columbus Day on Monday, Oct. 12, 2009. Regular CME Globex trading hours will be in effect. Given the bank holiday and tra... Read more

CHICAGO, Oct 06, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that its Chief Executive Officer Craig S. Donohue has been elected to the 2010 Board of Directors for the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), to serve a two year term. More than 50 of the ... Read more

CHICAGO, Oct 06, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) and CME Group today commemorated the 20th anniversary of their highly successful cross-margining partnership that has brought greater efficiency and flexibility to the marketplace. Since 1989, the OCC/CME Clearing cross-margining program ... Read more

CHICAGO, Oct 02, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that September volume averaged 10.5 million contracts per day, down 32 percent from the near record average daily volume in September 2008, but up 3 percent from August. Total volume was 2... Read more

CHICAGO, Oct 01, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the launch of trading and clearing services for four new five-decimal place natural gas liquids average price options contracts. Trading will be available on the New York trading floor and ... Read more

CHICAGO, Sept 29, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the implementation of variable storage rates for the CBOT Wheat futures contract, the world benchmark for wheat prices, beginning with the September 2010 contract expiration. These contrac... Read more