Investor News & Highlights

CHICAGO , Aug. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc. , the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today declared a third-quarter dividend of $0.75 per share, payable September 25, 2019 , to shareholders of record as of September 10, 2019 . Read more

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. and CHICAGO , Aug. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Purdue University /CME Group Ag Economy Barometer reading jumped to 153 in July, up 27 points from June, and up 52 points from May. Improving crop conditions after an extraordinarily wet planting season, combined with a late Read more

CHICAGO , Aug. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group , the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, reached average daily volume (ADV) of 16.6 million contracts during July 2019 , up 23% from July 2018 . Open interest (OI) at the end of July was 139 million contracts, up 20% from Read more

CHICAGO , July 31, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --  CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) today reported financial results for the second quarter of 2019. The company reported revenue of $1.3 billion and operating income of $699 million for the second quarter of 2019.  Net income was $514 million and diluted earnings Read more

LONDON , July 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --  CME Group , the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the launch of Black Sea Sunflower Oil Financially Settled (Platts) futures (based on Sunflower Oil FOB Black Sea Ukraine), to begin trading on August 26, 2019 , pending Read more

LONDON and NEW YORK, July 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- TriOptima, a leading infrastructure service that lowers costs and mitigates risk in OTC derivatives markets, today announced that it has completed the first cleared inflation swap compression run at LCH SwapClear. Read more

CHICAGO , July 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group today released the following statement on the swearing in of Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Heath Tarbert : " CME Group congratulates Dr. Tarbert as he is sworn in today as CFTC Chairman, following his strong bipartisan Read more

Highest Quarterly ADV Records in Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America LONDON and SINGAPORE , July 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group , the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that it achieved its highest quarterly international ADV on record, with 5.3 million Read more

LONDON and NEW YORK, July 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- TriOptima, a leading infrastructure service that lowers costs and mitigates risk in OTC derivatives markets, today announced that it has reduced notional outstanding at Eurex Clearing by 26% following a record compression run on June 26, 2019 . Read more

LONDON and NEW YORK, July 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Traiana, the leading infrastructure service for trade lifecycle and risk management solutions, today announced that it has launched a new service to fully automate the post trade lifecycle management of the multi-trillion dollar equity swaps market. Read more

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. and CHICAGO , July 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Ag producer sentiment rebounded in June as farmers' expressed a more optimistic outlook towards the future of the ag economy. The Purdue University /CME Group Ag Economy Barometer , based on a mid-month survey of 400 agricultural Read more

- Record quarterly average daily volume in Agricultural Commodities, Interest Rate options, Agricultural options and Metals options - Record monthly average daily volume in Agricultural Commodities, Metals, Interest Rate options and Metals options - Record monthly non-U.S. Read more

Program has reached over 400,000 youth in six years CHICAGO and CHEVY CHASE, Md. , July 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group , the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, and 4-H , the nation's largest youth development organization delivered by America's Cooperative Extension Read more

CHICAGO , June 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Terry Duffy will appear before the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy and Credit today to discuss the potential implications of recent European Union (E.U.) Read more

CHICAGO , June 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, and BarclayHedge , a division of Backstop Solutions Group , recognized top managed futures industry leaders at the eighth annual Managed Futures Pinnacle Awards  last night. Read more

LONDON and SINGAPORE and CHICAGO , June 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE), the world's largest physical gold exchange, will grant CME Group a license to use, create and list futures Read more

CHICAGO , June 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc. will announce earnings for the second quarter of 2019 before the markets open on Wednesday, July 31 , 2019. Written highlights for the quarter will be posted on its website at 6:00 a.m. Central Time , the same time it provides its earnings Read more

CHICAGO , June 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group , the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that is has been selected by IDG's Computerworld as a 2019 Best Places to Work in Information Technology (IT), one of 100 top organizations that challenge their IT Read more

Record Driven by Interest Rate Futures and Options Open Interest Surpassing 109 Million Options Open Interest Reaches Record 96 Million CHICAGO , June 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group , the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced total open interest (OI) reached a Read more

CHICAGO , June 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group announced today that Terry Duffy , CME Group Chairman and CEO, will present at the Sandler O'Neill Global Exchange and Brokerage Conference in New York on Thursday, June 6 , at 10:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) .  The presentations will be broadcast live Read more