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Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)

COMMODITY DERIVATIVE EXCHANGE IN CHICAGO

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is an American financial and commodity derivative exchange based in Chicago. CME is owned by CME Group – the corporation that was formed by the 2007 merger of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). CME Group acquired NYMEX Holdings, Inc., and Commodity Exchange, Inc. (COMEX) on August 22, 2008. The four exchanges now operate as designated contract markets (DCM) of the CME Group. On February 10, 2010, CME Group announced its purchase of 90% of Dow Jones Indexes including the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

LARGEST FUTURES EXCHANGE

CME trades several types of financial instruments: interest rates, equities, currencies, and commodities. It also offers trading in alternative investments such as weather and real estate derivatives. CME has the largest options and futures contracts open interest (number of contracts outstanding) of any futures exchange in the world.

Oriental Pacific Futures is a licensed futures broker in Malaysia who can offer CME products as follow:

Futures Contracts of CME:

Margin Rates for Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Products can be found here: