CME Group Inc. Cl A closed 6.71% below its 52-week high of $249.02, which the company achieved on December 5th.

CME Group Inc. Cl A closed $19.57 below its 52-week high ($249.02), which the company reached on December 5th.

Investors are also turning to derivatives, such as CME Group’s S&P 500-equal weight futures, to bet on the S&P while hedging against a sharp drop in tech stocks. The contract, which launched in February, has averaged open interest of 16,500 contracts this month, worth about $2.4bn.

CME Group, Inc. operates a derivatives marketplace, which offers a range of futures and options products for risk management. Its exchanges offer a range of global benchmark products across all ...

Wall Street's indexes rose on Wednesday, with the benchmark S&P 500 hitting an intraday record high as investors cheered streaming video provider Netflix's quarterly report and President Donald Trump's private-sector artificial intelligence infrastructure investment plan.

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Of the S&P 500 companies that have reported earnings so far, 79% have beat estimates, according to FactSet data.