CME Group Rising On Heavy Volume (CME)

Shares of CME Group CME are rising on unusual volume this morning. The stock has gained 2.14% to $251.14 in early trade. More than 238,000 CME shares have exchanged hands in the first hour of the session compared to a daily average of around 664,000. Look for volume to exceed the average today in CME. Year-to-date, this stock has been slammed despite speculation that CME will benefit from FinReg rules regarding derivatives trading. CME Group Inc. offers access to all asset classes for futures products from a single electronic trading platform, and on trading floors in Chicago and New York City. The Company offers markets in futures and options on futures contracts based on the United States interest rate yield curve, equity indexes, foreign exchange, agricultural commodities, energy, metals and alternative investment products. Its products are traded through the CME Globex electronic trading platform, its open outcry auction markets in Chicago and New York City or through privately negotiated transactions that the Company clears.