CME Group to Launch FTSE CoreCommodity CRB Futures on July 21

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CME Group (NYSE:CME), the world's leading derivatives marketplace, has announced the launch of FTSE CoreCommodity CRB futures on July 21, 2025, pending regulatory review. The new futures contract will track a basket of 19 commodities across energy, agriculture, precious metals, and industrial metals sectors.

The company has seen remarkable growth in its Commodity Index futures suite, with open interest surging 315% from 76,000 contracts in 2020 to 316,000 contracts year-to-date. These financially settled contracts will provide enhanced tools for commodity index price risk management and potential margin efficiencies for trading strategies.

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• 315% growth in Commodity Index futures open interest since 2020
• Expansion of product offerings with new FTSE CoreCommodity CRB futures
• Enhanced margin efficiency opportunities for commodity index trading
• Strategic partnership expansion with FTSE Russell

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CHICAGO, June 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced plans to launch FTSE CoreCommodity CRB futures, pending regulatory review.

The FTSE CoreCommodity CRB Index provides broad exposure to the global commodities market and tracks a basket of 19 commodities, including energy, agriculture, precious metals and industrial metals contracts.

"These new financially settled contracts will provide clients with further solutions to manage commodity index price risk across these important markets," said Paul Woolman, Global Head of Equity Index Products at CME Group. "Since 2020, open interest in our Commodity Index futures suite has grown 315%, from 76,000 contracts to 316,000 contracts year-to-date. The addition of CoreCommodity CRB futures will offer market participants an expanded set of tools to both access the commodity index space as well as hedge against adverse price moves. Additionally, these contracts will offer greater potential to access margin efficiencies when implementing commodity index trading strategies."

"We're excited to deepen our relationship with CME Group through the launch of the FTSE CoreCommodity CRB Index futures, which offers investors broad-based access to the global commodities market," said Shirley Barrow, Head of Interest Rates, Currencies and Commodities at FTSE Russell. "This expanded collaboration with CME Group reflects our shared commitment to meeting the evolving needs of market participants by providing enhanced tools to manage price discovery and unlock greater capital efficiency in their trading strategies."

FTSE CoreCommodity Index futures will be listed on and subject to the rules of CME. For more information on these products, please visit www.cmegroup.com/crb.

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. 

CME Group, the Globe logo, CME, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Globex, and E-mini are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.  CBOT and Chicago Board of Trade are trademarks of Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc.  NYMEX, New York Mercantile Exchange and ClearPort are trademarks of New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc.  COMEX is a trademark of Commodity Exchange, Inc. BrokerTec is a trademark of BrokerTec Americas LLC and EBS is a trademark of EBS Group LTD. The S&P 500 Index is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC ("S&P DJI"). "S&P®", "S&P 500®", "SPY®", "SPX®", US 500 and The 500 are trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC; Dow Jones®, DJIA® and Dow Jones Industrial Average are service and/or trademarks of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. These trademarks have been licensed for use by Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Futures contracts based on the S&P 500 Index are not sponsored, endorsed, marketed, or promoted by S&P DJI, and S&P DJI makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in such products. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 

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FAQ

When will CME Group launch the FTSE CoreCommodity CRB futures?

CME Group will launch the FTSE CoreCommodity CRB futures on July 21, 2025, pending regulatory review.

How many commodities does the FTSE CoreCommodity CRB Index track?

The index tracks a basket of 19 commodities, including energy, agriculture, precious metals, and industrial metals contracts.

What is the growth rate of CME's Commodity Index futures since 2020?

CME's Commodity Index futures open interest has grown 315%, from 76,000 contracts in 2020 to 316,000 contracts year-to-date.

What are the benefits of the new FTSE CoreCommodity CRB futures for traders?

The new futures will provide solutions for managing commodity index price risk, offer broad exposure to global commodities markets, and potential margin efficiencies for commodity index trading strategies.

Where will the FTSE CoreCommodity CRB futures be listed?

The futures will be listed on CME and subject to CME rules.