Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings News

The trustee liquidating MF Global has sold a collection of the bankrupt broker's CME Group memberships for amounts below recent selling prices, according to a list of transactions published by the exchange on Monday.

CME Group Inc. , the world's largest futures market operator, said Monday that it would launch over-the-counter calendar palm oil swaps, subject to regulatory clearance, on June 3. The contract will be denominated in U.S. dollars, listed with the Chicago Board of Trade and based on crude palm oil futures prices on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives.

Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures contracts eased Tuesday in anticipation of a seasonal top soon in beef markets and despite a jump to a record high for U.S. choice wholesale beef carcasses, analysts and traders said.

You may already have read the Wall Street Journal article regarding the variation in the speed of trade reporting on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange for different market participants .

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed firm on Monday as the wholesale beef market remained near record highs and on improving profits for the nation's beef packers, traders and analysts said.

After months on the decline, gas prices seem to be headed back up before the summer peak driving season.

The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to consider a dispute over CBOE Holdings Inc.'s long-running legal battle to prevent rival International Securities Exchange from listing options on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures rose on Friday, led higher by deferred contracts, on expectations for lower cattle feed costs following a government forecast for a big build in corn supplies, traders and analysts said.

The firm currently has a $64.00 target price on the stock. CME Group traded up 0.10% on Thursday, hitting $60.76. CME Group has a 52-week low of $49.54 and a 52-week high of $63.63. The stock's 50-day moving average is currently $60.93. The company has a market cap of $20.169 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.26. CME Group last posted its ... (more)

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures posted tentative gains on Thursday on a rebound from the steep slide since the month began and continued strength in the cash markets, traders and analysts said.

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Turkey is in talks with the London Stock Exchange and Nasdaq about possible strategic partnerships for its stock exchange in Istanbul, Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan said on Wednesday.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures settled mostly firm on Tuesday as funds sold the spot-June contract and bought deferred months as dictated by the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index roll.

Twenty years ago, a pizza operator could take a chart of the cheese market and overlay year after year in order to predict the cost for the next few months.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished lower on Monday on expectations that wholesale beef prices will soon set a seasonal high, traders and analysts said.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. sued the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Friday claiming that the derivatives regulator made "anti-competitive rules," regarding swap trading data, that favor two rival companies.

Cheese prices jumped again and are up 20 cents from the beginning of April. Wheat prices also climbed nearly a quarter in a week and are up about 60 cents in the past month.

's stock had its "equal weight" rating reiterated by investment analysts at Barclays Capital in a note issued to investors on Friday, AnalystRatings.Net reports.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures turned sharply lower on Friday pulled down by fund liquidation, traders and analysts said.