CME Group is the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange. Building on the heritage of CME, CBOT and NYMEX, 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 trading floors in Chicago and New York.

By acting as the buyer to every seller and the seller to every buyer, CME Clearing virtually eliminates counterparty credit risk. CME Clearing also offers $8 billion in financial safeguards to help mitigate systemic risk, providing the security and confidence market participants need to operate, invest and grow.

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, energy, agricultural commodities, metals, and alternative investment products such as weather and real estate. CME Group is listed on NASDAQ under the symbol "CME."

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Mar 12, 2009 -- CME Group Announces the Launch of New Petroleum Swap Futures Contracts More	Mar 11, 2009 -- CME Group Announces the Launch of New Electricity Swap Futures Contracts More
Mar 11, 2009 -- CME Group and CMDX Announce Licensing Agreements for Markit's CDS Indices More	Mar 09, 2009 -- CME Group to Modify Trading Rules for Interest Rate Products More

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