Cme group to launch e-mini s&p 500 esg index futures

Cme group announced it will launch e-mini s&p 500 esg index futures, a new risk management tool that aligns with environmental, social and governance (esg) values. the new futures contracts will be available for trading on nov. 18, 2019, pending regulatory review. the s&p 500 esg index is a broad-based, market-cap-weighted index that is designed to measure the performance of securities meeting sustainability criteria, while maintaining similar overall industry group weights as the s&p 500. these new contracts will complement cme group's suite of equity index futures and options contracts, including its existing e-mini s&p 500 futures and options and micro e-mini s&p 500 futures. e-mini s&p 500 esg index futures will be cash-settled and will be subject to the rules and regulations of cme.
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