CME Group Expands Dairy Business with New European Futures and Options
PR Newswire•19/10/2026•07:00 ET
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Key Highlights
- ➤420,922 contracts: September average dairy open interest rose 42% year over year
- ➤CME will launch four European dairy futures and options before end-2026
- ➤461,493 contracts: daily dairy open interest reached an all-time record September 29
- ➤New contracts will initially track EEX indices before transitioning to CME Group indices
- ➤CME and EEX plan to transition European cheese and Pan European Butter indices
Expert Statements
John Ricci, Global Head of Agricultural Products at CME Group
“We've long served the dairy community across the U.S., and now we're bringing that same commitment to Europe.”
John Ricci, Global Head of Agricultural Products at CME Group
“By offering futures and options, we're giving participants a more complete toolkit to deploy capital efficiently and manage regional price risk - all on a single platform alongside our U.S. complex.”
CME Group Expands Dairy Business with New European Futures and Options PR Newswire
CHICAGO, Oct. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced plans to launch new European dairy futures and options contracts before the end of 2026, pending all regulatory reviews.
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