CME Group Stock Price, News & Analysis

CME Group has awarded $125,000 in scholarships to 25 City Colleges of Chicago graduates, with each recipient receiving $5,000 to pursue their bachelor's degrees. The recipients, selected from over 380 Star Scholars who completed their associate degrees with a GPA of 3.0 or higher in spring 2025, will all transfer to Star university partners. Since 2017, CME Group has contributed over $1 million to the Star Scholars program, which has helped approximately 20,000 CPS and Big Shoulders Fund high school graduates pursue debt-free associate degrees.

During the 2024-2025 academic year, more than 1,000 Star Scholars completed their associate degrees, representing over 25% of the graduating class. The scholarship program, which evolved from the CME Group Mayoral Award for Student Achievement established in 1986, continues to provide crucial financial support for Chicago's future leaders.

CME Group and CF Benchmarks have announced the launch of four new cryptocurrency reference rates and real-time indices for Arbitrum, Ondo, NEAR, and Sui on June 2. The new benchmarks will provide U.S. dollar pricing data, with reference rates published daily at 4 p.m. London time and real-time indices updated every second. Ondo and Sui will have additional reference rates published at 4 p.m. New York time.

The expansion will cover over 96% of the investible cryptocurrency market capitalization, utilizing pricing data from at least two constituent exchanges including Bitstamp, Bullish, Coinbase, Crypto.com, Gemini, itBit, Kraken, and LMAX Digital. These reference rates and indices are designed as pricing benchmarks and are not tradable futures products.

CME Group has launched its new XRP futures trading contracts, with the first trade cleared by Hidden Road on May 18, 2025. The launch saw impressive initial traction with over $19 million in notional volume traded on the first day. The new offering includes both micro-sized (2,500 XRP) and larger-sized (50,000 XRP) contracts, which are cash-settled using the CME CF XRP-Dollar Reference Rate calculated daily at 4:00 p.m. London time.

This expansion of CME's cryptocurrency suite aims to provide investors with liquid, capital-efficient tools for cryptocurrency investment and hedging strategies, marking a significant step in the institutional adoption of digital assets.

CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) has announced the preliminary results of its 2025 annual shareholder meeting. Shareholders elected 14 directors including Terrence A. Duffy for one-year terms expiring in 2026. They also ratified Ernst & Young LLP as the company's independent auditor for 2025 and approved executive compensation on an advisory basis.

Due to lack of quorum in Class B director elections, incumbent Class B directors William W. Hobert, Patrick J. Mulchrone, Robert J. Tierney Jr. (Class B-1), Patrick W. Maloney (Class B-2), and Elizabeth A. Cook (Class B-3) will continue serving until the 2026 annual meeting.

CME Group (CME), the world's leading derivatives marketplace, has announced a quarterly dividend of $1.25 per share for the second quarter. The dividend will be payable on June 25, 2025, to shareholders of record as of June 9, 2025.

CME Group operates a comprehensive derivatives trading platform through CME Globex, offering futures and options trading across major asset classes including interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural products, and metals. The company also provides fixed income trading via BrokerTec, foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform, and operates CME Clearing, a leading central counterparty clearing provider.