• Hedgeable Dow Jones CME FX$INDEXTM Futures to Begin Trading in Third Quarter 2010

      • To
      • Members, Member Firms and Market Users
      • From
      • Market Regulation Department
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      • SER-5275
      • Notice Date
      • 09 June 2010
      • Effective Date
      • 09 June 2010
    • Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. has developed a reconfigured Dow Jones CME FX$INDEXTM futures contract. This reconfigured contract replaces the former CME$INDEX™ futures contract which was delisted on Thursday, April 1, 2010. The appeal of the new index design is in its simplified construction that facilitates a ready hedge vs. a basket of CME FX futures contracts. Launch of trading for the new Hedgeable Dow Jones CME FX$INDEX futures contract on CME Globex® is targeted for Third Quarter 2010. The contracts will be listed with CME and subject to its rules.

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