CME Group Stock Price, News & Analysis

CME Group (NYSE:CME), the world's leading derivatives marketplace, has successfully completed its first physical delivery cycle of Hard Red Spring Wheat futures, with 182 contracts delivered on July 1, 2025. This marks a significant milestone since the product's launch on April 14.

The contract has shown strong market adoption with over 460,000 contracts traded since launch. The futures are physically delivered using shipping certificates, with delivery locations in Minneapolis/St. Paul/Red Wing and Duluth/Superior switching districts, plus an origin point in the Red River Valley. All wheat products are cleared within a single clearing house, offering capital efficiencies and enhanced spread capabilities.

CME Group (NYSE:CME), the world's leading derivatives marketplace, achieved significant milestones in Q2 2025, setting a record quarterly Average Daily Volume (ADV) of 30.2 million contracts, representing a 15% year-over-year growth.

The company reported multiple records across asset classes, including record quarterly ADV in interest rates (15.5M contracts), agriculture (2M contracts), and metals (943K contracts). SOFR futures hit a quarterly record of 4.6M contracts. International performance was particularly strong, with record quarterly ADV of 9.2M contracts, including record volumes in EMEA and APAC regions.

June 2025 performance was equally impressive, with ADV reaching 25.7M contracts. Notable growth was seen in cryptocurrency trading, with a 136% increase in ADV to 190K contracts, and energy trading showing a 36% increase to 3.4M contracts.

CME Group and Purdue University's latest Ag Economy Barometer revealed a decline in farmer sentiment for June 2025, with the main index dropping 12 points to 146. The Index of Future Expectations experienced the sharpest decline, falling 18 points to 146, while the Current Conditions Index decreased slightly by 2 points to 144.

The Farm Financial Performance Index declined 5 points to 104, though remaining above 100 indicates farmers still expect stronger financial performance in 2025 compared to 2024. The Farm Capital Investment Index improved 5 points to 60, with 24% of farmers viewing it as a good time to invest, up from 19% in May.

Notable shifts in trade outlook were observed, with farmers expressing decreased optimism about agricultural exports. The percentage of producers expecting increasing exports over the next five years dropped from 52% to 41%, while those expecting declining exports rose 4 points to 16%. Additionally, concerns about tariffs' impact on farm income showed some improvement, with 45% expecting negative effects in June, down from 56% in March-April.

CME Group (CME), the world's leading derivatives marketplace, has announced the upcoming launch of CME FX Tape+, a new service designed to provide centralized reference prices and comprehensive FX market liquidity information. The service will aggregate data from CME's transparent central limit order book marketplaces, including FX futures, EBS Market, FX Spot+‌, and FX Link.

The new offering will leverage CME's extensive network of 1,400 institutions and over 100,000 active FX market participants to enhance market transparency. FX Tape+ will initially cover 10 major currencies and feature a composite 'true' spot mid-price, combining liquidity, trades, and mid-rates across venues. The service will disseminate reference data at 250 millisecond intervals via websocket API and historic market data files.

Unlike existing industry reference pricing sources that use indicative or curated pricing from less transparent sources, CME FX Tape+ will provide an unbiased and transparent view based solely on actionable, firm liquidity from CME Group's FX spot and futures markets. The launch is scheduled for later this year.

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.

CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, has scheduled its second-quarter 2025 earnings announcement for Wednesday, July 23, 2025, before market open. The company will post written highlights and earnings release at 6:00 a.m. Central Time on their website, followed by an investor conference call at 7:30 a.m. Central Time. Investors can access the call via webcast on the Investor Relations section of CME's website or by telephone: 877-918-3040 (US) or +1 312-470-7282 (international) using passcode 1944793. CME Group operates global benchmark products across major asset classes through platforms including CME Globex, BrokerTec, and EBS, while also providing clearing services through CME Clearing.

CME Group has announced the launch of E-Mini S&P BMV IPC Index futures, set to begin trading on August 18, pending regulatory review. This new futures contract will track Mexico's main equity index and provide broad exposure to the Mexican equity market through the most liquid stocks listed on Bolsa Mexicana de Valores. The contract will be denominated in Mexican pesos and listed on CME. This strategic initiative aims to offer market participants more efficient access to Mexican equity market performance, with potential benefits including cross-margining opportunities with other CME Group benchmark financial products. The collaboration between CME Group, BMV, and S&P Dow Jones Indices aims to enhance market liquidity, improve market depth, and strengthen Mexico's position in the global financial ecosystem.

The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer showed significant improvement in May 2025, rising 10 points to 158, marking its highest level since May 2021. The Index of Current Conditions increased by 5 points to 146, while the Future Expectations Index rose 12 points to 164. The Farm Financial Performance Index improved by 8 points to 109, indicating optimism for stronger 2025 income. Notably, 52% of producers expect agricultural exports to increase over the next five years, up from 33% in April. The Short-Term Farmland Value Expectations Index jumped 14 points to 124, with 37% of respondents predicting rising values. However, the Farm Capital Investment Index declined 6 points to 55, and concerns about labor availability emerged, with 26% of producers who hire nonfamily labor expecting difficulties due to immigration policies.

CME Group achieved record-breaking performance in May 2025 with average daily volume (ADV) reaching 28.9 million contracts, up 11% year-over-year. The company set new May records across multiple segments, with Interest Rate ADV hitting 16.2 million contracts, Metals ADV at 933,000 contracts, and Cryptocurrency ADV reaching 197,000 contracts. Notable growth includes SOFR futures ADV increasing 31% to 4 million contracts, Micro E-mini S&P 500 futures ADV rising 60% to 1.3 million contracts, and cryptocurrency products showing exceptional growth with Micro Ether futures ADV up 235%. International business expanded significantly, with overall ADV up 15% to 8.7 million contracts. BrokerTec and EBS platforms also demonstrated strong performance, with U.S. Repo ADNV up 28.6% to $352 billion and EBS Spot FX ADNV increasing 27% to $67.8 billion.