CME - CME Group to expand suite of E-mini Nasdaq-100 options as demand keeps growing

• CME Group ( NASDAQ: CME ) will roll out E-mini Nasdaq-100 Tuesday and Thursday weekly options on October 3, "as demand for additional short-dated equity options continues to grow," Tim McCourt, global head of Equity and FX Products at the futures and options exchange, said Thursday.
• The new weekly options contracts, pending regulatory review, will complement the existing Monday, Wednesday and Friday Weeklies, End-of-Month and Quarterly options on Nasdaq-100 futures, it said.
• Since the start of 2022, E-mini Nasdaq-100 Monday, Wednesday and Friday Weekly options average daily volume was 29.4K contracts, a Y/Y jump of 66%.
• "The addition of Tuesday and Thursday Weekly options also builds on our longstanding partnership with Nasdaq and provides another way for traders to access our deep, liquid underlying Nasdaq-100 futures markets," McCourt added.
• Earlier this week, (Sep. 6) CME Group proposes converting eurodollar futures, options contracts to SOFR .

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