CME E-mini S&P Asia 50 Futures
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CME E-mini® S&P Asia 50® futures give global investors an exciting, innovative alternative for managing exposure to the growing Asian equity markets with the first-ever Pan-Asian futures contract. Based on the S&P Asia 50 Index, these contracts are designed to help investors capitalize on the investment opportunities in such Asian “tigers” as Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan, all of which are experiencing impressive growth -- using a single, electronically traded contract.

CME E-mini S&P Asia 50 futures contracts utilize the time-tested E-mini design pioneered at CME, and are available for trading on the CME Globex® electronic trading platform nearly 24 hours a day, six days a week.

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Benefits

  • Fast, efficient way to gain broad, regional access to Asian markets with a single trade
  • Accommodates a variety of strategies, such as hedging to protect against adverse price moves or gaining broad market access
  • Opportunity to pursue global asset allocation objectives through rapidly growing Far East markets of Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan
  • Smaller contracts well-suited for a broad range of individual and institutional customer needs, with potentially lower trading costs compared to alternatives
  • Electronically traded on the CME Globex® platform, featuring speed, reliability, anonymity and trading around the clock, around the world
  • Open, fair and transparent markets
  • Guarantee of counterparty credit and central clearing by CME Clearing

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