CME Group to List Options on E-mini S&P SmallCap 600 Index Futures

Exchange launches online equity research center

CHICAGO, June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CME Group, the world's largest
and most diverse derivatives exchange, announced today that options on the
E-mini(R) S&P SmallCap 600(R) equity index futures are scheduled to begin
trading July 27.
"These options offer another opportunity for CME Group customers to hedge
or gain exposure to Standard & Poor's globally recognized index for stocks of
small cap companies," said Scot Warren, Managing Director of the CME Group
Equity Products. "Adding to our suite of benchmark domestic and international
equity index products is part of our ongoing commitment to offer even more
choices of transparent and liquid markets at competitive pricing."
The all-electronic options will be offered in four consecutive quarterly
months and two serial months. Trading on CME Globex(R) will be available
Sunday through Thursday from 5:00 p.m.Chicago time to 3:15 p.m. the following
day and again from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information, please click
on this link: http://www.cmegroup.com/equity600.
To help customers address their key risk-management and execution needs,
CME Group is now offering an online equity index research center at
http://www.cmegroup.com/equityindexresearch The site has a monthly stock index
update, quarterly roll summaries, links to the latest research strategies and
trading papers, and other useful information.
CME Group (http://www.cmegroup.com) is the world's largest and most
diverse derivatives exchange. Formed by the 2007 merger of the Chicago
Mercantile Exchange (CME) and the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), CME Group
serves the risk management needs of customers around the globe. As an
international marketplace, CME Group brings buyers and sellers together on the
CME Globex electronic trading platform and on its trading floors. CME Group
offers the widest range of benchmark products available across all major asset
classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity
indexes, foreign exchange, agricultural commodities, and alternative
investment products such as weather and real estate. CME Group is traded on
the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ under the symbol "CME."
The Globe logo, CME, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, CME Group, Globex and
E-mini, are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. CBOT and Chicago
Board of Trade are trademarks of the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago.
Standard & Poor's, S&P 500 and S&P, S&P MidCap 400, Standard & Poor's
Depositary Receipts and SPDR are trademarks of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Further information about CME Group and its products can be found at
http://www.cmegroup.com.

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