CME Financial SPCTR futures provide a quick, efficient way to access the financial sector using a single electronically traded futures contract. Based on the S&P 500 Financial Sector Index, these contracts are designed to provide an accurate, capitalization-weighted depiction of the financial services industry. It provides an attractive, versatile tool for fund managers, arbitrageurs, asset allocation-minded investors and institutional customers seeking for a way to perform tilting, spreading and ETF/futures spreading strategies.

Benefits

• Fast, efficient way to access and trade the financial services companies included in the S&P 500 Index
• Less capital required upfront to trade
• Opportunity to hedge risk associated with investments in financial services companies and guard against losses during bear markets
• Potentially lower trading costs than trading a basket of futures or Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)
• Electronically traded on the CME Globex^® platform, offering speed, reliability, anonymity and trading nearly around the clock, around the world
• Guarantee of counterparty credit and central clearing by CME Clearing

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