Alpha Cubed Investments LLC cut its stake in shares of CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) by 2.6% in the undefined quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 91,667 shares of the financial services provider's stock after selling 2,416 shares during the quarter.

CHICAGO, Jan. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced today announced that its metals complex reached a new single-day record of 3,338,528 contracts on January 26, up 18% from the previous daily record of 2,829,666 contracts on Friday, October 17, 2025. "Amid ongoing macro-economic uncertainty, record volatility and heightened price risk, clients are turning to our markets to hedge and adjust precious metals exposure to meet their trading goals," said Jin Hennig, Managing Director and Global Head of Metals at CME Group.

CHICAGO, Jan. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that its natural gas complex reached a new single-day record of 2,576,346 contracts traded on January 20, up 15% from the previous daily record of 2,239,081 contracts traded on November 14, 2018. "As demand for heating increases across the U.S., clients are turning to our natural gas markets in record numbers to manage their price risk," said Peter Keavey, Global Head of Energy and Environmental Products at CME Group.

CME trades above its 50- and 200-day SMAs, signaling momentum, as analysts see a $294 target and modest upside backed by strong cash flow.

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All-time high ADV for Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA), Asia Pacific (APAC) and Canada LONDON and SINGAPORE, Jan. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that its international average daily volume (ADV) reached a record 8.4 million contracts in 2025, up 8% from 2024. Reflecting all trading reported outside the United States, these volumes were driven by increases in Metals up 37%, Equity Index up 20%, Energy up 11%, Agricultural up 9%, and Interest Rate up 2%, all compared to the same period in 2024.

CME (CME) has an impressive earnings surprise history and currently possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely beat in its next quarterly report.

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