On July 27, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group (CME Group) launched cash-settled individual stock futures based on 55 U.S. stocks and micro-contracts based on 22 stocks, marking the exchange’s entry into a market designed to allow investors
On July 27, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group (CME Group) launched cash-settled individual stock futures based on 55 U.S. stocks and micro-contracts based on 22 stocks, marking the exchange’s entry into a market designed to allow investors to conduct leveraged long-short trading around the clock. The contracts trade on CME's Globex platform from Sunday evening to Friday afternoon, with a one-hour daily maintenance break, allowing investors to react to earnings reports and other market-moving events outside of regular U.S. stock market trading hours.