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Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings, also known as CME Group, operates as a futures exchange in the United States, and is headquartered in Chicago. The company offers trade futures contracts and options on futures contracts on interest rates, equities, foreign exchange, commodities, and alternative investments. The company provides hedging, speculation and asset allocation relating to risks associated with interest rates sensitive instruments, equity ownership, changes in foreign currencies and changes in the prices of commodity products. Its customers include professional traders, financial institutions, institutional and individual investors, corporations, manufacturers, producers, supranational entities, and governments. Additionally, the company sells market data that includes information about bids, offers, and trade sizes to banks, broker-dealers, pension funds, investment companies, mutual funds, insurance companies, and other financial services companies and individual investors.

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