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E-MINI MSCI EAFE 
 

E-mini MSCI EAFE Futures
E-mini MSCI EAFE futures provide a way to efficiently gain broad exposure to the premier benchmark international equity index, which represents more than $1.5 trillion in investments. They also enable you to:

  • Access more than 1,100 companies in Europe, Australasia, and the Far East using a single electronic trade.
  • Eliminate the backoffice burdens of using baskets of country-specific futures to create synthetic index exposure
  • Take advantage of historically lower tracking error compared to alternative vehicles
  • Use a financial tool that accommodates a range of strategies, different market environments and varied objectives

 

Things to know:

  • Dedicated Market Makers provide attractive, narrow spreads and deep markets.
  • You can view free indicative cash quotes on this product.
  • CME Group calculates a 10 a.m. CT Daily Reference Price for comparing the futures price to the index price at close of the London Business day
  • Contracts trade solely electronically on the CME Globex platform
    • Accessible virtually around the clock, around the world
    • Complete price transparency and anonymity
  • CME Clearing matches and settles all trades and guarantees counterparty creditworthiness

 

About the Underlying Index
The MSCI EAFE (Europe, Australasia, and Far East) Index is a leading barometer for international equity performance. It is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that measures equity performance for developed markets excluding the U.S. and Canada. Currently, the index tracks issues from 21 countries:

Australia Greece Norway
Austria Hong Kong Portugal
Belgium Ireland Singapore
Denmark Italy Spain
Finland Japan Sweden
France Netherlands Switzerland
Germany New Zealand United Kingdom

For additional information about the index and its methodology, visit the MSCI Web site.