CME Russell 2000 Futures
Overview
About
Contract Specifications
Contract Listings
Trading Hours
Product Calendars
Time & Sales
Resources
Performance Bonds

Russell Index contracts will be listed at CME Group through the SEP 2008 expiration.
CME Group will list Russell 2000 futures and options through the SEP 2008 expiration date. To provide our customers with efficient, tradable ways to capture the risk/reward opportunities of the small-cap market, CME Group is offering S&P SmallCap 600 futures (view term sheet), based on what is fast becoming the financial industry’s preferred small-cap benchmark.

CME Russell 2000® futures provide customers with a tool for accessing the small-cap equity sector of the market. These contracts closely track the price movements of the Russell 2000, a measure for the performance of 2000 small-capitalization stocks of companies ranging from almost completely private to fully public firms.

Sign up to receive updates on CME equity products 

Benefits

  • Ability to hedge a portfolio against adverse price moves in the market or gain broad market exposure
  • Potentially lower trading costs versus trading a basket of futures or Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)
  • Open, fair and transparent markets
  • CME is one of the most dominant markets 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

View resources for trading this product 

  • CME Group to Update Price Limits, Harmonize Trading Hours
    Read the attached overview for details on changes to price limits and harmonization of trading hours for CME Group Equity products, effective in January 2008.
  • CME Expands Quarterly Month Listings of Equity Index Futures Products
    Effective as of June 24, 2007. Read more here.
  • Sign up to get the CME Equity Newsletter and important product updates sent directly to your e-mail inbox.
  • Sign up to receive the daily CME Market News e-mail newsletter.
Month-End Fair Value Procedures Understanding the Special Opening Quotation (SOQ)
Calculating Fair Value BROCHURE: CME Equity Products Information Guide
Final Settlement Procedures FAQ: Exchange for Physicals (PDF)
Equity Price Limit Guide/FAQ
Futures and Options
RUSSELL DEC07
826.50
+1320
Updated:
10/26/07 03:22 PM CST
CME RTH Flash Quotes
RUSSELL DEC07
819.60A
+610
Updated:
10/26/07 03:22 PM CST
CME Globex Flash Quotes