CME Group to launch micro equity index options on June 29

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CME Group to Launch New Financially-Settled Micro E-mini S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 Options

June 11, 2026 8:00 AM EDT

CHICAGO, June 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that it will launch financially-settled Micro E-mini S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 options on June 29, pending regulatory review.

These new Micro options contracts will be one-tenth the size of their E-mini counterparts with short-dated Monday through Friday expiries. In addition,  the contracts will be financially settled, eliminating the additional operational... More