CHICAGO, Sept. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc. will announce earnings for the third quarter of 2024 before the markets open on Wednesday, October 23, 2024. 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, Sept. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today reported its second-highest monthly volume ever, with average daily volume (ADV) up 31% to 31.7 million contracts in August, driven by double-digit increases across all six asset classes.

CHICAGO, Sept. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that open interest in its deeply liquid SOFR futures set a new record of 12,701,232 contracts on August 28, as the product's average daily volume (ADV) reached a record 3.5 million contracts year-to-date.

"As market participants navigate changing expectations around monetary policy, they are turning, in record numbers, to the deep liquidity of CME Group SOFR futures and options, which are the world's leading tools for managing interest rate risk with precision and efficiency," said Agha Mirza, CME Group Global Head of Rates and OTC Products. "Across our SOFR, U.S. Treasury and Fed Funds complexes, clients can hedge or gain exposure to the entire U.S. yield curve with unrivaled efficiency and liquidity."

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The August Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer dropped 13 points from July to a reading of 100, echoing levels seen from fall 2015 to winter 2016 during the early stages of a significant downturn in the U.S. farm economy. The Index of Current Conditions also dropped 17 points to 83, while the Index of Future Expectations decreased by 11 points to 108. Weakening farm income prospects weighed on farmers' sentiment as the outlook for a bountiful fall harvest was more than offset by declining crop prices. This month's survey was conducted from Aug. 12-16, 2024.

CHICAGO, Aug. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that it will launch two new wheat spread futures contracts on October 14, pending regulatory review. 

The CBOT Wheat - Euronext Milling Wheat No. 2 Spread futures contract and the KC HRW Wheat - Euronext Milling Wheat No. 2 Spread futures contract will each be U.S. dollar-denominated in metric tons and based on the spread between either CBOT Wheat futures prices or KC HRW Wheat futures prices and Euronext Milling Wheat No. 2 futures prices.

CHICAGO, Aug. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced it will further expand its cryptocurrency derivatives offerings with the introduction of Bitcoin Friday futures (BFF) on September 30, pending regulatory review.

Sized at one-fiftieth of one bitcoin, these new weekly futures contracts will be cash-settled to the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate New York Variant (BRRNY) at 4:00 p.m. New York time every Friday. A new BFF contract will be listed every Thursday at 6:00 p.m. New York time for a Friday trade date, with market participants able to trade the nearest two Fridays at any given point. A Friday expiry allows these contracts to closely track the spot price of bitcoin, as well as help investors mitigate weekend price moves.

CHICAGO, Aug. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that registration is now open for the 21st annual CME Group University Trading Challenge, which will be held from Sunday, October 6, 2024 through Thursday, October 31, 2024. Interested students can register no later than 2 p.m. CT on Tuesday, October 2, where they can also familiarize themselves with the challenge rules and gain additional market knowledge through the wide range of resources available.

CHICAGO, Aug. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Foundation today announced that 18 historically underrepresented students majoring in finance, technology and related fields have each been awarded up to $20,000, which is renewable for three years. Since its launch in 2019, this program has awarded over $3.5 million in scholarships to nearly 100 students at 11 partner colleges and universities in the U.S.

 "Through our Foundation and other initiatives, CME Group is committed to supporting future leaders in our community by providing financial assistance and career development opportunities," said Terry Duffy, CME Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Since the inception of this scholarship program in 2019, we have distributed $3.5 million to over 100 deserving students. We congratulate this year's recipients and wish them well as they go on to pursue college degrees debt-free that will lead to careers in finance, computer science and technology."

CHICAGO, Aug. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc., the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today declared a third-quarter dividend of $1.15 per share. The dividend is payable September 25, 2024, to shareholders of record as of September 9, 2024.

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.