CME Group Stock Price, News & Analysis

The Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Index declined 10 points to 125 in August 2025, marking the third consecutive monthly decrease. The Index of Future Expectations saw a significant drop of 16 points to 123, its lowest level since September 2024, while the Current Conditions Index slightly increased by 2 points to 129.

Key findings show a stark contrast between crop and livestock producers' sentiment. Livestock operations, particularly beef cattle, are experiencing record profitability due to the smallest cattle inventory since 1951. However, crop producers face challenging conditions with prices below production costs, with USDA forecasting corn at $3.90/bushel and soybeans at $10.10/bushel for 2025-26.

Financial indicators reveal growing concerns, with 22% of farmers expecting larger operating loans in 2026, up from 18% in January. Notably, 23% of these farmers attribute the increase to carrying over unpaid operating debt from 2025, indicating rising financial stress in the agricultural sector.

CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) and FanDuel have announced a strategic partnership to develop an innovative event contracts platform. The collaboration will create new fully funded, event-based contracts with defined risk, allowing FanDuel customers to trade on various market benchmarks including the S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, commodities, cryptocurrencies, and economic indicators.

The partnership involves forming a joint venture to operate a non-clearing futures commission merchant (FCM), enabling customers to place simple "yes" or "no" positions for as little as $1. The platform is expected to launch later in 2025, pending CFTC regulatory review, and will be available through all participating FCMs.

CME Group (NYSE:CME) has opened registration for its 22nd annual University Trading Challenge, scheduled to run from October 5 to October 31, 2025. The competition, which has seen over 35,000 student participants since its inception, provides college students worldwide with hands-on experience in managing mock investment portfolios using futures trading.

Last year's challenge attracted a record 570 teams with approximately 2,300 students from 180 universities across 24 countries. Participants will have access to professional trading platforms, market data, Dow Jones newsfeed, and The Hightower Report. Registration closes at 5:00 p.m. CT on September 25, 2025.

CME Group (NYSE:CME), the world's leading derivatives marketplace, has achieved significant milestones in its interest rate futures business. The company set a new all-time record of 40,031,688 contracts in open interest for interest rate futures on August 13, 2025.

Notable achievements include record open interest in U.S. Treasury futures and options at 31.6 million contracts and SOFR futures at 13.7 million contracts. The company also reached a record 3,526 large open interest holders as reported by the CFTC. CME Group offers substantial benefits to clients, including $20 billion in daily margin savings across interest rate products.

CME Group Foundation (NYSE:CME) has awarded scholarships worth up to $20,000 each to 18 low-income, first-generation college students majoring in finance and technology fields. The scholarships are renewable for three years.

The foundation has granted over $4.3 million in scholarships to 123 students across 12 partner institutions since 2019. Recipients will participate in a Day of Recognition and Market Education event to learn about internship and career opportunities at CME Group and in the financial services industry.

The program includes students from prestigious institutions such as DePaul University, Illinois Institute of Technology, and the University of Illinois, among others.

CME Group (NASDAQ:CME), the world's leading derivatives marketplace, has announced its third-quarter dividend of $1.25 per share. The dividend will be paid on September 25, 2025, to shareholders of record as of September 9, 2025.

CME Group operates a comprehensive derivatives trading platform offering futures, options, and OTC markets through its CME Globex platform, along with fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform. The company also provides central counterparty clearing services through CME Clearing.

The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer showed declining farmer sentiment in July 2025, falling 11 points to 135 from June. The decline was driven by weaker perceptions of both current conditions and future expectations, with the Current Conditions Index dropping 17 points to 127 and the Future Expectations Index declining 7 points to 139.

The Farm Financial Performance Index fell 14 points to 90, reflecting concerns about weaker income prospects for 2025. Crop prices have declined notably, with eastern Corn Belt seeing July bids for fall harvest delivery of corn and soybeans down 7% and 3% respectively. Despite these challenges, 74% of farmers believe U.S. policy is headed in the right direction, and 43% expect increased agricultural exports in the next five years.

CME Group (NYSE:CME), the world's leading derivatives marketplace, reported its second-highest July average daily volume (ADV) of 21.9 million contracts. The company achieved notable performance across multiple asset classes, with Interest Rate ADV reaching 10.8 million contracts and Equity Index ADV at 5.5 million contracts.

Significant growth was observed in several segments, including a 92% increase in Micro Gold futures ADV to 203,000 contracts. The company set new records in cryptocurrency trading, with all-time high monthly ADVs in both Micro Ether futures (175,000 contracts) and Ether futures (22,000 contracts). BrokerTec U.S. Repo ADNV showed strong growth, increasing 23% to $358.7 billion.

CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) reported exceptional Q2 2025 financial results with multiple record-breaking metrics. The company achieved record revenue of $1.7 billion, up 10% year-over-year, and record average daily volume (ADV) of 30.2 million contracts, a 16% increase from Q2 2024.

Key financial highlights include operating income of $1.1 billion, net income of $1.0 billion, and adjusted diluted earnings per share of $2.96. The company's performance was notably boosted by a 57% increase in new retail traders, contributing to record Micros ADV of 4.1 million contracts.

As of June 30, 2025, CME Group maintained a strong financial position with $2.2 billion in cash and $3.4 billion of debt. The company has distributed $29.1 billion in dividends since implementing its variable dividend policy in 2012, including approximately $3.0 billion in the first half of 2025.