CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced that it will launch a Central Appalachian coal options contract, on ClearPort and the New York energy trading floor, beginning November 23 for trade date November 24.

CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) today reported total GAAP revenues increased 20 percent to $681 million, and GAAP operating income increased 22 percent to $421 million. Net income for the third quarter was $169 million, down 16 percent versus the prior year due primarily to an income tax adjustment and other non-core items. Diluted earnings per share on a GAAP basis were $2.81.

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced that it will launch five new natural gas liquids swaps futures contracts and two plastics futures contracts on ClearPort, for trade date November 3.

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced that it will augment its portfolio of emerging markets currencies products with the introduction of Turkish lira futures contracts denominated in both U.S. dollars (TRY/USD) and in euros (TRY/EUR). The new contracts will trade exclusively on the CME Globex electronic trading platform and are currently scheduled to begin trading in the first quarter of 2009.

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced that it will launch 17 new petroleum product swaps futures contracts, including 12 balance of month (BALMO) swap futures contracts on ClearPort, beginning on October 26 for trade date October 27.

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced that it will launch 18 new natural gas basis, index and swing swaps futures contracts on ClearPort, beginning on October 19 for trade date October 20.

CME Group and Thomson Reuters today announced that they will take steps necessary to close FXMarketSpace, the 50/50 joint venture company they introduced in May 2006.

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, and Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C., a leading alternative investment and technology firm, today announced they have executed a non-binding term sheet to launch a joint venture company within 30 days, which will be the first electronic trading platform that is fully integrated with a central counterparty clearing facility for Credit Default Swaps (CDS).

CME Group and the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) announced today that Dr. Lars Peter Hansen, Homer J. Livingston Distinguished Service Professor in the Departments of Economics and Statistics at the University of Chicago, is the 2008 recipient of the CME Group-MSRI Prize in Innovative Quantitative Applications.

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced that September 2008 volume averaged 15.7 million contracts per day, up 18 percent from September 2007 and up 44 percent compared with August 2008, assuming combined CME Group/NYMEX volumes. Total monthly volume exceeded 328 million contracts, a record 81 percent of which were traded electronically.

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, announced today that Random Length Lumber futures and options on futures contracts will be expanded and offered on CME Globex beginning October 20. The electronically traded contracts will be listed alongside and be fungible with the lumber contracts that have traded in open auction since 1969.

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced that it will launch US Midwest Domestic Hot-Rolled Coil (HRC) steel futures contracts for trading and clearing on CME Globex and ClearPort, beginning on October 19 for the October 20 trade date.