CME Nikkei 225 Dollar - Based Futures
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Dollar-denominated CME Nikkei 225 CME futures provide customers with an easy way to access to the 225 top-rated, blue-chip Japanese companies tracked by the Nikkei 225 Stock Average, a widely followed benchmark of Asian market performance. The Index includes several well-known companies including household names such as Honda, Sony and more.

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Benefits

  • Ability to participate in Japanese equity markets with one trading decision vs. selecting individual issues and engage in global asset allocation strategies.
  • For investors with dollar-based portfolios, removes need to perform multiple foreign exchange currency conversions. U.S.-domiciled investors who invest in Japan may want the dollar-denominated product to attempt to minimize dollar-yen FX risk.
  • Opportunity to lessen the systematic (market) risk of a portfolio containing Japanese equities and protect the value of a portfolio of Japanese equities during bear markets without incurring high transaction costs, taxes and custodial fees.
  • Around the clock, around the world access through side-by-side trading during RTH, with electronic trading during the ETH session.
  • CME provides the dominant market for trading equity futures products, with a 92 percent market share of all U.S. -traded stock-index futures.
  • Guarantee of counterparty credit and central clearing by CME Clearing.

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CME Nikkei 225™ Dollar-Based Futures to Be Added to the Mutual Offset System (MOS)
March 12, 2007 - Date on which the contracts become MOS-eligible. Read more.
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Month-End Fair Value Procedures The Yen-Dollar Spread (PDF)
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Final Settlement Procedures CME Nikkei 225 Product Fact Card (PDF)
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NIKKEI DEC07
16690.0
+270
Updated:
10/26/07 03:22 PM CST
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NIKKEI DEC07
16665.0
+270
Updated:
10/26/07 03:22 PM CST
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