CME Group Inc. Announces Third-Quarter 2017 Earnings Release, Conference Call

CHICAGO, Sept. 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc. will announce earnings for the third quarter of 2017 before the markets open on Thursday, October 26, 2017.Starting this quarter, the company will be streamlining the earnings release process by posting slides and written highlights for the quarter on its website at 6:30 a.m. Central Time, the same time it provides its earnings press release.The company will continue its practice of holding an investor conference call that day at 7:30 a.m. Central Time, at which time company executives will take analysts' questions.This new approach is designed to provide more information to analysts and investors in advance of the call, as well as to allow more time for questions and answers.

A live audio Webcast of the conference call will be available on the Investor Relations section of the company's Web site, www.cmegroup.com.Following the conference call, an archived recording will be available at the same site.Those wishing to listen to the live conference via telephone should dial 800-279-9534 if calling from within the United States or 719-457-2618 if calling from outside the United States, at least 10 minutes before the call begins.

As the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) is where the world comes to manage risk.Through its exchanges, CME Group offers 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 products and metals.CME Group provides electronic trading globally on its CME Globex platform. The company also offers clearing and settlement services across asset classes for exchange-traded and over-the-counter derivatives through CME Clearing. CME Group's products and services ensure that businesses around the world can effectively manage risk and achieve growth.

CME Group, the Globe logo, CME, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Globex and E-mini are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.CBOT and Chicago Board of Trade are trademarks of Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc.NYMEX, New York Mercantile Exchange and ClearPort are trademarks of New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc.COMEX is a trademark of Commodity Exchange, 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.

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