CHICAGO, March 11,
2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading
derivatives marketplace, today announced plans to launch Bloomberg
Commodity (BCOM) Subindex futures on March
31, pending regulatory review.
BCOM Subindex futures will be available across seven leading
commodity index sectors, providing investors with the ability to
express their views around sector-specific asset volatility on
their portfolios, including:
- BCOM Agriculture Subindex futures
- BCOM Grains Subindex futures
- BCOM Livestock Subindex futures
- BCOM Petroleum Subindex futures
- BCOM Energy Subindex futures
- BCOM All Metals Subindex futures
- BCOM Precious Metals Subindex futures
"Building on the success and liquidity of BCOM futures, these
new contracts will provide market participants with seven
additional ways to capture commodity index sector exposure," said
Paul Woolman, Global Head of Equity
Index Products at CME Group. "In today's markets, commodity risk
management is as important as ever, and these new tools will help
traders to hedge against adverse price moves or pursue
opportunities in these markets. The addition of BCOM Subindex
futures will also offer clients greater potential to access capital
and margin efficiencies when implementing commodity index trading
strategies."
"Bloomberg is excited to support CME Group's expansion of
investible commodity products and introduction of BCOM Subindex
futures," said Umesh Gajria, Global
Head of Index Linked Products, Bloomberg Index Services Limited.
"The launch reflects the growing usage of BCOM-based strategies and
offers investors new ways to manage sector-specific risks across
key commodity segments."
BCOM Subindex futures will join the growing suite of CME Group
BCOM products, including BCOM futures and options, BCOM swaps and
BCOM Roll Select futures. Year-to-date trading highlights
include:
- Average daily volume of 3,800 contracts, up 230%
year-over-year
- Open interest of 268,000 contracts ($3.4
billion in notional), up 64% year-over-year
BCOM Subindex futures will be listed on and subject to the rules
of CME. For more information on these products, please visit
www.cmegroup.com/bcomsubindex.
As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group
(www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash
and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering
market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and
capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range
of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based
on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign
exchange, energy, agricultural
products and metals. The company offers futures and
options on futures trading through the CME Globex platform,
fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on
the EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's
leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME
Clearing.
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Exchange Inc. CBOT and Chicago Board of Trade are trademarks of Board
of Trade of the City of Chicago,
Inc. NYMEX, New York Mercantile Exchange and ClearPort are
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trademark of Commodity Exchange, Inc. BrokerTec is a trademark of
BrokerTec Americas LLC and EBS is a trademark of EBS Group LTD. The
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