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CME Group Inc.

Type	Public
Headquarters	Chicago, IL, USA
Key people	Craig S. Donohue(CEO), Terrence A. Duffy(Exec Chairman)
Industry	Security & Commodity Exchanges
Revenue	US $ 2.56 billion (2008)
Operating income	US $ 1.58 billion (2008)
Net income	US $ 0.72 billion (2008)
Total assets	US $ 48.13 billion (2008)
Total equity	US $ 18.69 billion (2008)
Employees	2300 (12/31/2008)
Website	CMEgroup.com

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange

The Chicago Board of Trade

The New York Mercantile Exchange

CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) is the world’s largest futures exchange.^{[citation needed]} CME Group was created July 12, 2007 from the merger between the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT).^{[citation needed]}

On March 17, 2008, it announced its acquisition of NYMEX Holdings, Inc., parent company of the New York Mercantile Exchange, which was formally completed on August 22, 2008.^[1]

On February 10, 2010, CME announced its purchase to buy 90% of the Dow Jones's Indexes including the DJIA. ^[2]

CME Group owns 5 % of BM&F Bovespa, the São Paulo stock exchange and BM&F Bovespa owns 5% of CME Group.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Chicago Mercantile Exchange
• Chicago Board of Trade
• New York Mercantile Exchange
• Dow Jones Indexes

External links

• Dow Jones Indexes corporate site
• Dow Jones Stock Indexes averages research site
• Dow Jones Indexes video on indexing using Latin America as an example

References

Dow Jones Indexes Joint Venture with Dow Jones & Co. www.djindexes.com

Dow Jones Indexes trivia and information page www.djaverages.com