WHO:     Feature, Photo and TV Desk Assignment Editors


    WHAT:     CME Group will welcome the New Year with showers of
              confetti at the close of trading on the Chicago trading
              floors.


    WHEN:    Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014


             Financial floor - Noon CST

             Suggested arrival for media - 11:45 a.m.


             Grains floor - 1:15 p.m. CST

             Suggested arrival for media - 1:00 p.m.


              All members of the media must present valid press
              credentials to be admitted onto trading floors. All
              video crews must have a valid Certificate of Insurance.


    WHERE:    Chicago Board of Trade Building, 333 S. LaSalle St.,
              Chicago


    TO RSVP:  Please contact Nina Yoo at Nina.Yoo@cmegroup.com or (312)
              435-3545. Media must RSVP by 11 a.m. on December 31.


             Use of flash and/or lights will not be permitted.

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About CME Group
As the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) is where the world comes to manage risk. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities, metals, weather and real estate. CME Group brings buyers and sellers together through its CME Globex® electronic trading platform, its trading facilities in New York and Chicago, and through its London-based CME Europe derivatives exchange. CME Group also operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers through CME Clearing and CME Clearing Europe, which offer clearing and settlement services across asset classes for exchange-traded contracts and over-the-counter derivatives transactions. These products and services ensure that businesses everywhere can substantially mitigate counterparty credit risk.

CME Group is a trademark of CME Group Inc. The Globe Logo, CME, Globex and Chicago Mercantile Exchange are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. CBOT and the Chicago Board of Trade are trademarks of the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. NYMEX, New York Mercantile Exchange and ClearPort are registered trademarks of New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. COMEX is a trademark of Commodity Exchange, Inc. KCBOT, KCBT and Kansas City Board of Trade are trademarks of The Board of Trade of Kansas City, Missouri, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Further information about CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) and its products can be found at www.cmegroup.com.




    Media Contacts              Investor Contact

    Michael Shore, 312.930.2363 John Peschier, 312.930.8491

    news@cmegroup.com           CME-G

    www.cmegroup.mediaroom.com

/PRNewswire -- Dec. 30/

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