CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today released results from a new global study that reveals market participants' growing focus on electronic trading, risk management and cost control is driving the record growth in global foreign exchange (FX) markets. The Global FX Market Study provides fresh insights into several trends that are reshaping the $3.2 trillion a day global FX market.

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced that, pending CFTC approval, daily price limits will increase March 28, 2008, for corn, mini-sized corn, soybeans, mini-sized soybeans and soybean oil futures and options on futures contracts.

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced that options on futures contracts for corn, wheat, soybeans, soybean meal, soybean oil, rough rice and oats will be available for electronic trading on the CME Globex platform during day-time open outcry trading hours beginning April 14, 2008.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced February volume averaged 13.2 million contracts per day, up 25 percent from February 2007. Total volume exceeded 264 million contracts for the month, of which a record 82 percent was traded electronically. Total electronic volume averaged 10.8 million contracts per day, up 34 percent from the prior February.

In light of today's announcement concerning firm proprietary trading activity in the Wheat futures market, CME Group confirms that MF Global has met and continues to meet its obligations to CME Clearing and remains in good standing as a clearing member of the exchange.

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced that Nancy Goble, Managing Director and Chief Accounting Officer, will retire after nearly 11 years of service, effective June 1, 2008. The company has appointed Jill Harley, formerly Chief Accounting Officer for The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), to assume the role of Managing Director and Chief Accounting Officer effective March 1, 2008.

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse exchange, announced that CME Globex and clearing fees will be waived for all S&P MidCap 400 and E-mini S&P MidCap 400 Index futures and options on futures for all market participants. The waivers will go into effect March 3, 2008, and continue through December of this year. The waivers in the S&P MidCap 400 products are similar to the fee waivers for the S&P SmallCap 600 products already in place.

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse exchange, today announced that, effective February 12, pending CFTC approval, daily price limits in Wheat futures and options contracts as well as Mini-sized Wheat futures contracts will be increased from $0.30 per bushel to $0.40 per bushel.

Swapstream, the market-leading multilateral electronic trading platform for interest rate swaps (IRS) and subsidiary of CME Group, today announced that 33 buy-side participants have committed to an Early Adopter Program (EAP) for CME Swaps on Swapstream, the first centrally-cleared interest rate swaps available to all over-the-counter (OTC) market participants.

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse exchange, today announced January volume averaged 14.3 million contracts per day, up 65 percent from January 2007, and second only to August 2007 in terms of highest monthly average daily volume.

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse exchange, reached its third highest trading day of combined CME and CBOT products with 23,261,304 contracts traded for the trade date of January 22.

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse exchange, today announced that it has successfully migrated e-cbot interest rate futures and options on futures to its CME Globex electronic trading platform. E-cbot agricultural and equity index products were integrated onto the platform on January 14. With the addition of these products, CME Group now offers access to all major asset classes from a single electronic trading platform.