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CME Group Announces Launch of Four New Chicago Petroleum Contracts on CME ClearPort

Posted on: Wednesday, 14 January 2009, 17:45 CST

CHICAGO, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced four new Chicago petroleum products swap futures contracts on CME ClearPort(R), scheduled to begin trading on January 25 for trade date January 26. These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc.

The new swap futures contracts and their commodity codes will be: Chicago unleaded gasoline (Platts) (2C); Chicago unleaded gasoline (Platts) vs. RBOB spread (3C); Chicago ultra low sulfur diesel (Platts) (4C); and Chicago ultra low sulfur diesel (Platts) vs. heating oil spread (5C).

The contracts will be listed for 36 consecutive months beginning with the February 2009 contract. They will be available for trading and clearing until the last business day of the contract month.

For more information, please visit www.nymex.com.

CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) is the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange. Building on the heritage of CME, CBOT and NYMEX, CME Group serves the risk management needs of customers around the globe. As an international marketplace, CME Group brings buyers and sellers together on the CME Globex electronic trading platform and on trading floors in Chicago and New York. By acting as the buyer to every seller and the seller to every buyer, CME Clearing virtually eliminates counterparty credit risk CME Clearing also offers $7 billion in financial safeguards to help mitigate systemic risk, providing the security and confidence market participants need to operate, invest and grow. CME Group offers the widest range of benchmark products available across all major asset classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities, metals, and alternative investment products such as weather and real estate. CME Group is listed on NASDAQ under the symbol "CME."

The Globe logo, CME, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, CME Group, Globex and E-mini, are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. CBOT and Chicago Board of Trade are trademarks of the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago. NYMEX, New York Mercantile Exchange, and ClearPort are trademarks of New York Mercantile Exchange. Inc. COMEX is a trademark of Commodity Exchange, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Further information about CME Group and its products can be found at www.cmegroup.com.

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SOURCE CME Group Inc.

Source: PR Newswire

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