Yen-denominated CME Nikkei 225™ futures provide added convenience to customers with Yen-based portfolios of investments, representing a trading opportunity in the same denomination. These contracts enable investors to quickly and efficiently gain access to some of the top-rated 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 like Honda, Sony and more.

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Benefits

• Ability to participate in Japanese equity markets with one trading decision vs. several needed to select individual issues, and the opportunity to engage in global asset allocation strategies.
• Flexibility to clear trades at either CME or the Singapore Exchange (SGX) through the Mutual Offset System (MOS), providing customers in different time zones with greater trading access and convenience.
• For investors with yen-based portfolios, removes need to perform multiple foreign exchange currency conversions.
• Ability to manage risk on a portfolio containing Japanese equities with potentially lower trading costs ( in the form of high transaction costs, taxes, and custodial fees) than other trading alternatives.
• Electronically traded around the clock, around the world on the CME Globex^® platform.
• Open, fair and anonymous markets.
• Guarantee of counterparty credit and central clearing by CME Clearing.

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