CME Group Stock Price, News & Analysis

CME (Purdue/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer) jumped 10 points in November to 139, its highest reading since June, driven by a 15-point rise in the Future Expectations Index to 144 while Current Conditions fell 2 points to 128. The survey (Nov. 10-14) cited a late-October U.S.-China trade pact and a sharp crop price rally—corn +10% and soybeans +15% from mid-Oct to mid-Nov—as key drivers.

Other measures: Farm Financial Performance +14 points to 92; Farm Capital Investment -6 to 56; Short-Term Farmland Expectations 116; Long-Term Farmland Expectations a record 165. MFP "very likely" dropped to 16%.

CME Group (CME) reported its second-highest monthly average daily volume with November 2025 ADV of 33.1 million contracts, a 10% year-over-year increase. April 2025 remains the record month at 35.9 million contracts. November highlights include Interest Rate ADV 17.5M, Equity Index ADV 8.9M, Energy 2.6M, Agricultural 2.1M, Metals 1.3M, FX 746k, and a record Cryptocurrency ADV 424k (≃$13.2B notional).

Notable gains: SOFR options +18% (1.6M), Micro E-mini products drove 45.3% of Equity Index ADV, international ADV +6%, and BrokerTec U.S. Repo ADNV +17% to $386B.

CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) announced its Cryptocurrency futures and options suite set an all-time daily volume record of 794,903 contracts on November 21, 2025, surpassing the prior record of 728,475 contracts on August 22, 2025.

Other highlights: micro futures and options hit a daily record of 676,088 contracts, micro Bitcoin futures and options reached 210,347 contracts, year-to-date ADV is 270,900 contracts (≈$12B notional, +132% YoY) and Q4 ADV is 403,200 contracts (≈$14.2B notional, +106% vs Q4 2024).

CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) reported record open interest of 35,120,066 contracts in U.S. Treasury futures and options on November 20, 2025, and 44,839,732 contracts traded on November 21, 2025 (the second-highest daily volume ever).

The company highlighted client use of its interest rate products amid uncertainty over economic growth and Fed easing, noted eligibility for portfolio margining and cross-margining with cleared swaps and FICC-cleared cash Treasuries, and said clients can access more than $20 billion in daily margin savings across its interest rate products.

CME Group (NYSE:CME) and CF Benchmarks will launch two bitcoin volatility indices on December 2, 2025: the CME CF Bitcoin Volatility Index - Real Time (BVX) and the CME CF Bitcoin Volatility Index - Settlement (BVXS).

Both indices measure market‑implied 30‑day bitcoin volatility derived from CME regulated options on Bitcoin and Micro Bitcoin futures. The BVX updates every second between 7:00 AM and 4:00 PM Central, while the BVXS publishes at 4:00 PM London time. The release cites roughly $46 billion in equivalent notional bitcoin options traded in 2025 as context for the indices' liquidity basis.

FanDuel and CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) will launch a new FanDuel Predicts mobile app in December 2025 offering prediction markets for sports and financial benchmarks. The app will let U.S. customers trade event contracts on S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, oil, gas, gold, cryptocurrencies, GDP, CPI and sports outcomes in states where online sports betting is not legal.

Launch is subject to appropriate regulatory filings. FanDuel said users will complete KYC including birth date, Social Security number and ID, and may buy or sell contracts priced from $0.01 to $0.99. FanDuel will apply existing consumer protection tools including deposit limits and self-exclusion.

CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) declared a fourth-quarter dividend of $1.25 per share on November 6, 2025.

The dividend is payable December 30, 2025 to shareholders of record as of December 12, 2025. The release reiterates CME Group's role as a global derivatives marketplace offering futures, options, cash and OTC markets, trading platforms including Globex, BrokerTec, and EBS, and clearing via CME Clearing.

Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer (CME) rose 3 points in October to 129, driven by an Index of Current Conditions increase of 8 points to 130, while the Index of Future Expectations was essentially flat at 129.

The Farm Financial Performance Index fell to 78 (down 10 points month-to-month and 31 points since May). The Farm Capital Investment Index climbed 9 points to 62, led by livestock producers. Short-term farmland value expectations rose 7 points to 113, with 30% expecting values to rise next year (up from 24%).

Survey responses show crop producers trimming inputs: 29% plan to reduce phosphorus and 16% plan to reduce nitrogen for 2026. If the USDA offered a supplemental payment, 53% said they would pay down debt and 25% would bolster working capital.

CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) reported a record October average daily volume of 26.3 million contracts, up 8% year‑over‑year with the prior October record at 25.2 million. October ADV by asset class included Interest Rates 11.6M, Equity Index 7.6M, Energy 2.7M, Agricultural 1.9M, Metals 1.7M and Crypto 379k ($15.3B notional).

Notable monthly moves: Metals ADV +165% with record Micro Gold, Micro Silver and 1‑Ounce Gold activity; Cryptocurrency ADV +226% led by Micro Ether (+583% to 222k); International ADV +13% to 8.2M; BrokerTec U.S. Repo ADNV set a record at $392B.