CME - Dividend announcements

CHICAGO, May 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc., the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today declared a second-quarter dividend of $1.30 per share. The dividend is payable June 25, 2026, to shareholders of record as of June 9, 2026. As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, cryptocurrencies,

CHICAGO, April 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced plans to expand its Equity Index Dividend suite on May 11, with the addition of Mid-curve options on S&P 500 Annual Dividend Index futures, alongside Nasdaq-100 and Russell 2000 Quarterly Dividend Index futures, pending regulatory review. "Amid shifting interest rates and economic uncertainty, managing dividend exposure has become a strategic necessity for investors," said Joe Hickey, Global Head of Equity Products at CME Group. "Trading in our dividend products has increased more than 50% year-over-year. To meet this increased demand, we are launching these new Mid-curve options o

CHICAGO, Feb. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc., the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today declared its annual variable dividend and first-quarter regular dividend, both of which are payable March 26, 2026, to shareholders of record as of March 10, 2026: Annual variable dividend based on 2025 financial results of $6.15 per share totals approximately $2.2 billion.First-quarter regular dividend of $1.30 per share, a 5 cent increase from the prior level of $1.25 per share.Today's announced annual variable dividend based on 2025 financial results, when combined with quarterly dividends paid during 2025, will total approximately $4.0 billion, reflecting a total dividend yield of 4

CHICAGO, Nov. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc., the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today declared a fourth-quarter dividend of $1.25 per share. The dividend is payable December 30, 2025, to shareholders of record as of December 12, 2025. As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, crypto

CHICAGO, Aug. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc., the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today declared a third-quarter dividend of $1.25 per share. The dividend is payable September 25, 2025, to shareholders of record as of September 9, 2025. As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy

CHICAGO, May 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc., the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today declared a second-quarter dividend of $1.25 per share. The dividend is payable June 25, 2025 to shareholders of record as of June 9, 2025. As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultu

CHICAGO, Feb. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc., the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today declared a first-quarter dividend of $1.25 per share, a 9% increase from the prior level of $1.15 per share. The dividend is payable March 26, 2025 to shareholders of record as of March 7, 2025. As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest r

CHICAGO, Dec. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, announced that its Board of Directors approved two initiatives to return capital to shareholders. The Board declared the company's 2024 annual variable dividend, amounting to $5.80 per share. The dividend is payable January 16, 2025, to shareholders of record on December 27, 2024, and totals approximately $2.1 billion. In addition, the Board authorized a share repurchase program of up to $3 billion of CME Group Class A common stock, subject to market conditions.  "The combination of a flexible share repurchase program with our existing quarterly and annual variable dividend structure allows us to e

CHICAGO, Nov. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today declared a fourth-quarter dividend of $1.15 per share. The dividend is payable December 27, 2024, to shareholders of record as of December 9, 2024. As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agri

CHICAGO, Aug. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc., the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today declared a third-quarter dividend of $1.15 per share. The dividend is payable September 25, 2024, to shareholders of record as of September 9, 2024. As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy

Record Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) ADV of 5.8M, up 28% in Q2 2024 Asia Pacific (APAC) ADV of 1.7M, up 9%; Latin America (LatAm) ADV of 182K, up 8% in Q2 2024LONDON and SINGAPORE, July 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that its quarterly international average daily volume (ADV) reached a record 7.8 million contracts in Q2 2024, up 23% year on year.  Reflecting all trading reported outside the United States, the record volume was driven by growth across all asset classes, with the highest trading volumes coming from interest rate and equity products.  Commodities saw strong growth, with metals up 50%, energy up 40% and agr

CHICAGO, June 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that its new U.S. Credit futures have traded 415 contracts since their launch on June 17. "In just one week since launch, our credit futures are generating strong trading activity as clients turn to more capital efficient ways to manage their duration risk and U.S. credit exposure," said Agha Mirza, CME Group Global Head of Rates and OTC Products. "These products have already provided bid-offer spreads lower than 0.1% of index points, as well as offered access to an anonymous, centralized marketplace with significant potential margin offsets." "We welcome the new credit index futur

Latest offering complements U.S. credit futures launching in JuneCHICAGO, May 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that it will continue its expansion into the fixed income markets by launching repo on corporate bonds and mortgage-backed securities (MBS) on BrokerTec Quote, its dealer-to-client (D2C) request-for-quote (RFQ) trading platform. U.S. corporate bonds began trading on May 20, 2024, with the remaining products live by the end of June. Additionally, CME Group's U.S. credit futures will begin trading on June 17, 2024. The addition of U.S., euro and sterling corporate bonds and MBS on BrokerTec Quote creates a holistic produ

CHICAGO, May 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc., the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today declared a second-quarter dividend of $1.15 per share. The dividend is payable June 25, 2024, to shareholders of record as of June 7, 2024. As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricult

New contracts based on Bloomberg corporate bond indexes will bring greater flexibility for risk managementCHICAGO, April 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that its new credit futures are scheduled to begin trading on Monday, June 17, 2024, pending regulatory review. Launching alongside the company's leading U.S. Treasury complex, CME Group credit futures will be the first futures contracts to help market participants manage duration risk through an intercommodity spread with U.S. Treasury futures. In addition, for the first time ever, investors can gain exposure to and manage credit component risk through futures on Bloomberg's

CHICAGO, Feb. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc., the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today declared a first-quarter dividend of $1.15 per share, a 5% increase from the prior level of $1.10 per share. The dividend is payable March 26, 2024, to shareholders of record as of March 8, 2024. As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest

CHICAGO, Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that its interest rate complex will expand in summer 2024 with the launch of U.S. Corporate Bond Index futures, pending regulatory review. The new futures contracts will be based on the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Index, which measures the performance of investment grade corporate bonds, and the Bloomberg U.S. High Yield Very Liquid Index, which is designed to measure a liquid, diversified component of the high yield corporate bond market. "As corporate debt issuance continues to increase across sectors, market participants are looking for tools to help them navigate growing credit exp

CHICAGO, Jan. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced it will launch options on S&P 500 Annual Dividend Index futures on January 29, pending regulatory review. "Client demand for managing risk and seeking investment opportunities around dividend exposure has accelerated the growth of our listed and centrally cleared dividend futures," said Paul Woolman, Global Head of Equity Products at CME Group. "Based on the success of our S&P 500 Annual Dividend Index futures, which traded more than 900,000 contracts in 2023, we are pleased to introduce these new options contracts to provide market participants with even greater flexibility to cust

CHICAGO, Dec. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc., the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today declared its annual variable dividend, amounting to $5.25 per share. The dividend is payable January 18, 2024, to shareholders of record on December 28, 2023. The annual variable dividend of $5.25 per share to be paid in January 2024 totals approximately $1.9 billion. Including today's announced variable dividend and the previously announced fourth-quarter 2023 dividend of $1.10 per share to be paid in December, the total dividend yield for dividends announced during 2023 is 5.0% based on the average closing stock price in 2023 to date. The company will have paid a total of more than $24

CHICAGO, Aug. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc., the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today declared a third-quarter dividend of $1.10 per share. The dividend is payable September 27, 2023, to shareholders of record as of September 8, 2023. About CME Group  As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign

CHICAGO, May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc., the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today declared a second-quarter dividend of $1.10 per share. The dividend is payable June 27, 2023, to shareholders of record as of June 9, 2023. About CME Group  As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, 

CHICAGO, Feb. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc., the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today declared a first-quarter dividend of $1.10 per share, a 10% increase from the prior level of $1.00 per share. The dividend is payable March 27, 2023, to shareholders of record as of March 10, 2023. About CME Group As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes b

CHICAGO, Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc., the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today declared its annual variable dividend, amounting to $4.50 per share. The dividend is payable January 18, 2023, to shareholders of record on December 28, 2022. The annual variable dividend of $4.50 per share to be paid in January 2023 totals approximately $1.6 billion. Including today's announced variable dividend and the previously announced fourth-quarter 2022 dividend of $1.00 per share to be paid in December, the total dividend yield for dividends announced during 2022 is 4.1% based on the average closing stock price in 2022 to date. The company will have paid a total of more than $20.

CHICAGO, Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc., the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today declared a fourth-quarter dividend of $1.00 per share. The dividend is payable December 28, 2022, to shareholders of record as of December 9, 2022. About CME Group  As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign

CHICAGO, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc., the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today declared a third-quarter dividend of $1.00 per share. The dividend is payable September 27, 2022, to shareholders of record as of September 9, 2022. As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy,

CHICAGO, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that CME Clearing has further expanded the collateral it accepts and now will permit clearing members to deposit Short-Term U.S. Treasury Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) to meet initial margin requirements. CME Clearing accepts the widest range of collateral of any major clearing house. The addition of short-term ETFs gives clearing members and their clients greater flexibility and increased efficiency in managing their collateral costs. In particular, the ETFs pay a dividend, which is more operationally efficient and mitigates the need for clients to re-invest maturity proceeds for ind

CHICAGO, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc., the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today declared a second-quarter dividend of $1.00 per share. The dividend is payable June 27, 2022, to shareholders of record as of June 10, 2022. As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricult

CHICAGO, Feb. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc., the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today declared a first-quarter dividend of $1.00 per share, an 11% increase from the prior level of $0.90 per share. The dividend is payable March 25, 2022, to shareholders of record as of March 10, 2022. About CME Group As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes

CHICAGO, Dec. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc., the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today declared its annual variable dividend, amounting to $3.25 per share. The dividend is payable January 14, 2022, to shareholders of record on December 28, 2021. The annual variable dividend of $3.25 per share to be paid in January 2022 totals approximately $1.2 billion. Including today's announced variable dividend and the previously announced fourth-quarter 2021 dividend of $0.90 per share to be paid in December, the total dividend yield for dividends announced during 2021 is 3.3% based on the average closing stock price in 2021 to date. The company will have paid a total

CHICAGO, Nov. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc., the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today declared a fourth-quarter dividend of $0.90 per share.  The dividend is payable December 28, 2021, to shareholders of record as of December 10, 2021. As the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity

CHICAGO, Aug. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc., the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today declared a third-quarter dividend of $0.90 per share.  The dividend is payable September 27, 2021, to shareholders of record as of September 10, 2021. As the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equit

CHICAGO, May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc., the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today declared a second-quarter dividend of $0.90 per share.  The dividend is payable June 25, 2021, to shareholders of record as of June 10, 2021. As the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes

CHICAGO, April 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CME) today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2021. The company reported revenue of $1.3 billion and operating income of $725 million for the first quarter of 2021.  Net income was $574 million and diluted earnings per share were $1.60.  On an adjusted basis, net income was $641 million and diluted earnings per share were $1.79.  Financial results presented on an adjusted basis for the first quarter of 2021 and 2020 exclude certain items, which are detailed in the reconciliation of non-GAAP results.1 "Since the start of 2021, we have experienced strong demand for our products as clients looked to manage risks as

CHICAGO, Feb. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2020. The company reported revenue of $1.1 billion and operating income of $515 million for the fourth quarter of 2020.  Net income was $424 million and diluted earnings per share were $1.18.  On an adjusted basis, net income was $497 million and diluted earnings per share were $1.39.  Financial results presented on an adjusted basis for the fourth quarter of 2020 and 2019 exclude certain items, which are detailed in the reconciliation of non-GAAP results.1 Total revenue for full-year 2020 was $4.9 billion and operating income was $2.6 billion.  Net