Osaka Bourse: To List Dow Futures In Expanded Deal With CME Group
July 26 2011 - 2:39AM
Dow Jones News
The Osaka Securities Exchange Co. (8697.OK) said Tuesday that as
part of an expansion of its partnership with Chicago Mercantile
Exchange parent CME Group Inc. (CME) it will list futures contracts
based on the Dow Jones Industrial Average from as early as this
winter.
"We are pleased to further build on our strong relationship with
OSE in order to offer customers more risk management and trading
opportunities with leading global equity index benchmarks," CME
Group Chief Executive Craig Donohue said in a statement.
Dow futures were previously listed on the OSE, Japan's largest
derivatives bourse, from 2002 to 2005. The CME Group and the OSE
originally formed a business alliance in 2008.
-By Judy Lam and Kana Inagaki, Dow Jones Newswires;
813-6269-2795; kana.inagaki@dowjones.com