News Releases

Successful Floor Integration Marks Last Major Milestone in Merger of Exchanges; On Track to Achieve $150 Million in Cost Synergies

- NYMEX Electronic Trading Volume Increases 30% - COMEX Electronic Trading Volume Increases 78%

CME Group Vice Chairman Charles P. Carey to Deliver Opening Keynote Address

- All major product lines up by double digits

- First Quarter Operating Revenues Increase 27% to $208.9 Million

CME Group and Storm Exchange Unveil Results of National Benchmark Study on Corporate Weather Risk Management Practices

-- More than 1MM Tons Trade in First-Ever Exchange Listed Carbon Offset Options Contract—

Cleared Basis and Calendar Swaps To Provide Commercial Hedgers with Enhanced Risk-Management Opportunities

* NYMEX Electronic Trading Volume Increases 62%

- Tony Blair, former prime minister of Great Britain, and Paul Volcker, former chairman of Federal Reserve, are keynote speakers

- Quarterly volume records were achieved across all major product lines

Exchange Further Expands OTC Presence through Leading Provider of Credit Derivatives Market Data

- Carbon Trade Volume of Nearly 1.6 Million Tonnes the Biggest Opening Week Ever for a Carbon Exchange -

Expanded Limits to Start March 28

Counterparty risk a greater concern than latency among key survey participants

Strategic combination creates leading global exchange with benchmark products in every major asset class

Strategic combination creates leading global exchange with benchmark products in every major asset class

Provides Keynote at Peking University’s Financial Derivatives Innovation Conference

- NYMEX Electronic Trading Volume Increases 30%

Harmonized Price Limit Expansions, Contractions Introduced