GLOBEX Advisory Notices
To | CME Globex Customers
From | CME Globex Account Management
Subject | CME E-mini MSCI EAFE Futures Launch
Notice Date | 2006-02-07
Notice Number | 020706
Effective Date | 2006-02-07
Dear CME Globex Customers, Effective Sunday, March 19, 2006 (for trade date March 20), CME is launching the CME E-mini MSCI EAFE futures, the first futures contract based on the MSCI EAFE (Europe, Australasia, and Far East) Index, the preeminent benchmark for measuring international stock market performance. The CME E-mini MSCI EAFE will offer investors a simple, cost-effective way to gain exposure to international markets without the complexities associated with managing multiple issues, time zones and foreign currencies. Created in 1969, the MSCI EAFE Index tracks over 1,100 stocks from 21 developed market countries, excluding the U.S. and Canada. Approximately $1.5 trillion globally is benchmarked to the MSCI EAFE Index, which is also the basis for the second-largest exchange-traded fund in the world. CME E-mini MSCI EAFE futures will use the CME E-mini design, available for trading virtually 24 hours a day on the CME Globex electronic trading platform. The contract will trade the March Quarterly Cycle with a tick size of 0.10 index points ($5.00). The CME E-mini MSCI EAFE futures contract will be available for testing in the CME certification environment this Monday, March 6, 2006. For more information on this CME Globex product launch, please contact David Lerman, Associate Director, CME Equity Products, at 312.648.3721; or contact your CME Globex Account Manager at 312.634.8700 in North America or in Europe at +1.44.207.623.2550. Thank you, CME ©2006 Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc (CME). All rights reserved. The Globe Logo, Globex®, E-mini® and CME® are trademarks of CME