CHICAGO, May 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) today announced the preliminary shareholder voting results from its 2025 annual meeting.

At the meeting, shareholders:

CHICAGO, May 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc., the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today declared a second-quarter dividend of $1.25 per share. The dividend is payable June 25, 2025 to shareholders of record as of June 9, 2025.

As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural products and metals.  The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform.  In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing. 

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Farmer sentiment improved in April as producers expressed more optimism about current and future conditions on their farms. The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer rose 8 points to a reading of 148, up from 140 in March. The Index of Current Conditions climbed 9 points to 141, while the Index of Future Expectations increased 8 points to 152. The improvement in sentiment came amid ongoing tensions with many of U.S. agriculture's largest trading partners, including Mexico and Canada. Notably, a majority of producers said they believe the increased use of tariffs will ultimately benefit the U.S. agricultural economy, a view reflected in the stronger future expectations reading. The April barometer survey took place between April 14-21.

CHICAGO, May 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today reported its April 2025 market statistics reached an all-time monthly average daily volume (ADV) record of 35.9 million contracts, an increase of 36% year-over-year.

The company's interest rate ADV grew 46% to 18.4 million contracts in April, while its equity index and metals products set new monthly ADV records of 9.7 million contracts and 1 million contracts, respectively. CME Group also reached monthly volume records in SOFR futures (6 million contracts), Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures (2.3 million contracts), Micro E-Mini S&P 500 futures (2 million contracts) and U.S. Treasury options (1.8 million contracts).

CHICAGO, April 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced plans to launch XRP futures on May 19, pending regulatory review. Market participants will have the choice to trade both a micro-sized contract (2,500 XRP) and a larger-sized contract (50,000 XRP).

"As innovation in the digital asset landscape continues to evolve, market participants continue to look to regulated derivatives products to manage risks across a wider range of tokens," said Giovanni Vicioso, Global Head of Cryptocurrency Products at CME Group. "Interest in XRP and its underlying ledger (XRPL) has steadily increased as institutional and retail adoption for the network grows, and we are pleased to launch these new futures contracts to provide a capital-efficient toolset to support clients' investment and hedging strategies."

CHICAGO, April 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced the appointment of Vijay Albuquerque as Chief Risk Officer (CRO) in its Clearing & Post-Trade Services Division. 

With over 20 years' industry experience, Albuquerque most recently served as the Head of Counterparty Risk and Portfolio Risk Analytics for Citigroup's Markets and Banking businesses.

Albuquerque will be based in New York and will report to Suzanne Sprague, CME Group Chief Operating Officer and Global Head of Clearing.

CHICAGO, April 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2025.

The company reported revenue of $1.6 billion and operating income of $1.1 billion for the first quarter of 2025. Net income was $956 million and diluted earnings per common share were $2.62. On an adjusted basis, net income was $1.0 billion and diluted earnings per common share were $2.80. Financial results presented on an adjusted basis for the first quarter of 2025 and 2024 exclude certain items, which are detailed in the reconciliation of non-GAAP results.1

LONDON and SINGAPORE, April 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that its quarterly international average daily volume (ADV) reached a record 8.8 million contracts in Q1 2025, up 19% year on year. Reflecting all trading reported outside the United States, this quarterly record was driven by growth across all asset classes, as well as record quarterly ADV in EMEA, APAC and Canada. Quarterly international records were achieved in Energy, Agricultural and Foreign Exchange products up 29%, 29% and 14% respectively.

CHICAGO, April 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced plans to launch Spot-Quoted futures on June 30, pending regulatory review.

Spot-Quoted futures will allow investors to trade futures positions in spot-market terms (i.e., the price quoted on screen on financial media and investment sites). Contracts will be available for the two leading cryptocurrencies, bitcoin and ether, as well as across the four major U.S. equity indices, including the S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, Russell 2000 and Dow Jones Industrial Average. In addition, investors will be able to hold these contracts for up to five years – without needing to roll – making a long-term position easier to hold than ever.

CHICAGO, April 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today reported its Q1 and March 2025 market statistics, with average daily volume (ADV) reaching a new, all-time quarterly record of 29.8 million contracts and the second-highest March ADV on record with 30.8 million contracts.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Farmer sentiment declined in March as concerns over agricultural trade and farm policy weighed on producers' outlook for the future. The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer fell 12 points to a reading of 140, down from 152 a month earlier. Contributing to the weakened sentiment in March was a 15-point drop in the Index of Future Expectations to 144 and the Current Conditions Index falling 5 points to 132. The drop in sentiment was influenced by falling crop prices since mid-February, along with increasing uncertainty surrounding agricultural trade and farm policy. Despite the decline, producers remained more optimistic about future conditions than the present, with the Future Expectations Index remaining higher than the Current Conditions Index by 12 points. This month's survey was conducted between March 10-14.

CHICAGO and SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Further expanding their transformational partnership, CME Group and Google Cloud today announced that they are piloting solutions for seamless and secure wholesale payments and tokenization of assets. CME Group has successfully completed the first phase of integration and testing of Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL), a novel distributed ledger from Google Cloud.

"As the President and new Administration have encouraged Congress to create landmark legislation for common-sense market structure, we are pleased to partner with Google Cloud to enable innovative solutions for low-cost, digital transfer of value," said Terry Duffy, CME Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Google Cloud Universal Ledger has the potential to deliver significant efficiencies for collateral, margin, settlement and fee payments as the world moves toward 24/7 trading."

CHICAGO and LONDON, March 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that it will launch a second BrokerTec central limit order book (CLOB) for cash U.S. Treasuries in Q3 2025. In an industry-first, the new CLOB will be co-located in Chicago next to CME Group's deeply liquid U.S. Treasury futures and options markets to support trading between cash and derivatives markets.

"As clients navigate this period of heightened uncertainty and record debt issuance, U.S. Treasury spread trading continues to drive price discovery and liquidity across cash, futures and repo markets," said Mike Dennis, Global Head of Fixed Income, CME Group. "By launching a new trading venue, we will bring the full U.S. Treasury ecosystem closer together, delivering simplicity and efficiency for global market participants."

CHICAGO, March 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced its new Solana (SOL) futures are now available for trading in both a micro-sized (25 SOL) and a larger-sized contract (500 SOL). The first trade, a block, took place on Sunday, March 16, and was executed between FalconX and StoneX.

"We are pleased to see such early support for our new futures contracts," said Giovanni Vicioso, Global Head of Cryptocurrency Products at CME Group. "The addition of SOL and Micro SOL futures to our regulated cryptocurrency suite will provide investors with the capital-efficient tools they need to support their growing cryptocurrency investment and hedging strategies."

CHICAGO, March 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced the first day of trading in High Yield Duration-Hedged Credit futures, its fourth contract based on Bloomberg corporate bond indexes. The new product enables investors to manage credit exposure with greater precision as demand for fixed income hedging tools continues to grow.     

"In an environment driven by uncertainty, our high yield and investment grade credit futures provide highly efficient risk management solutions for corporate bonds, interest rates, equities and other assets," said Agha Mirza, CME Group Global Head of Rates and OTC Products. "Today's launch of High Yield Duration-Hedged Credit futures is well-timed given our latest milestone of 275,000 credit futures contracts traded since last June."

CHICAGO, March 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc. will announce earnings for the first quarter of 2025 before the markets open on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. Written highlights for the quarter will be posted on the company's website at 6:00 a.m. Central Time, the same time it provides its earnings press release. The company will also hold an investor conference call that day at 7:30 a.m. Central Time, at which time company executives will take analysts' questions. 

A live audio Webcast of the conference call will be available on the Investor Relations section of the company's website. Following the conference call, an archived recording will be available at the same site. Those wishing to listen to the live conference via telephone should dial 877-918-3040 if calling from within the United States, or +1 312-470-7282 if calling from outside the United States, at least 10 minutes before the call begins. The participant passcode for both telephone numbers is 1944793.

CHICAGO, March 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced plans to launch Bloomberg Commodity (BCOM) Subindex futures on March 31, pending regulatory review.

BCOM Subindex futures will be available across seven leading commodity index sectors, providing investors with the ability to express their views around sector-specific asset volatility on their portfolios, including:

CHICAGO and LONDON, March 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that its BrokerTec business reached a new single-day volume record of $1.05 trillion in average daily notional volume (ADNV) traded on March 3. Surpassing the ADNV of $909B for February 2025, this new all-time high was driven by a series of individual product records across the U.S. Treasuries, U.S. and EU Repo, and European Government Bond central limit order book (CLOB), request-for-quote (RFQ), and streaming platforms.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. farmer sentiment continued its upward trend in February, as the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer rose 11 points from the previous month to a reading of 152. The boost was primarily driven by the stronger sentiment among producers, with the Current Conditions Index climbing 28 points to 137 — marking a significant rebound from its low of 76 in late summer and early fall 2024. In contrast, the Future Expectations Index saw only a modest increase, rising 3 points to 159. The recent upswing in sentiment reflects a combination of factors, including a sharp recovery in crop prices, expectations for disaster payments authorized by Congress and continued strength in the U.S. livestock sector. Despite the notable improvement in current conditions, farmers remain more optimistic about the future, as the Future Expectations Index continues to outpace the Current Conditions Index by 22 points. This month's survey was conducted between Feb. 10-14.

CHICAGO, March 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today reported its February 2025 market statistics set a new monthly average daily volume (ADV) record of 33.1 million contracts, an increase of 12% year-over-year. In addition, its deeply liquid interest rate complex reached a monthly ADV record of 19.2 million contracts, driven by record monthly U.S. Treasury futures and options ADV of 13 million contracts and a 15% increase in SOFR futures volume. Market statistics are available in greater detail at https://cmegroupinc.gcs-web.com/monthly-volume.