CME Group Announces Expansion of Dairy Electronic Trading Hours

CHICAGO, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CME Group, the world's largest and
most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced the expansion of electronic
trading hours for CME Dairy futures and options scheduled to begin on Sunday,
November 15, at 5:00 p.m. Central time. Daily electronic trading hours will
remain continuous through Friday at 1:55 p.m. with daily trading halts from
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of
CME.

Currently dairy products begin trading at 9:05 a.m. on Mondays on CME Globex®.
The additional trading hours are being added at the request of customers
outside of the United States.

The new Sunday evening hours apply for trading of futures and options on
Cash-Settled Butter, Class III Milk, Class IV Milk, Nonfat Milk, Deliverable
Nonfat Dry Milk and Dry Whey.

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exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major
asset classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity
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and real estate. CME Group brings buyers and sellers together through its CME
Globex® electronic trading platform and its trading facilities in New York and
Chicago. CME Group also operates CME Clearing, one of the largest central
counterparty clearing services in the world, which provides clearing and
settlement services for exchange-traded contracts, as well as for
over-the-counter derivatives transactions through CME ClearPort®. These
products and services ensure that businesses everywhere can substantially
mitigate counterparty credit risk in both listed and over-the-counter
derivatives markets.

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