Yahoo · Aug 14, 2026
Bleeding-Edge AI Meets Cutting-Edge Finance. Is This Peak AI?
These new futures contracts would allow investors to hedge and speculate on the cost of renting chips that machines need to train and run AI models.

NASDAQ · CME
Financial Services · Financial - Data & Stock Exchanges
$269.80
Up+$2.59 (+0.97%)
Updated Aug 15, 2026, 10:17 AM
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5.7/10
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58/100
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Price performance
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
CME closed at $269.80 after 21 trading sessions, up 10.10% for the selected period.
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | $266.88 | $271.09 | $265.56 | $269.80 | 1.72M |
| Aug 13, 2026 | $262.17 | $267.59 | $261.40 | $267.21 | 2.02M |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $256.91 | $263.39 | $256.83 | $262.17 | 1.37M |
| Aug 11, 2026 | $262.82 | $262.975 | $258.76 | $259.32 | 1.59M |
| Aug 10, 2026 | $262.57 | $268.53 | $262.01 | $263.65 | 1.58M |
| Aug 7, 2026 | $262.57 | $266.27 | $262.43 | $263.66 | 1.25M |
| Aug 6, 2026 | $266.114 | $268.999 | $262.73 | $264.32 | 1.84M |
| Aug 5, 2026 | $264.48 | $265.9498 | $259.24 | $264.78 | 1.75M |
| Aug 4, 2026 | $262.17 | $264.435 | $260.40 | $262.63 | 2.29M |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $267.725 | $270.00 | $264.31 | $266.17 | 1.73M |
| Jul 31, 2026 | $266.64 | $269.94 | $265.00 | $267.79 | 3.27M |
| Jul 30, 2026 | $260.81 | $267.47 | $260.602 | $267.22 | 2.59M |
| Jul 29, 2026 | $260.25 | $266.255 | $259.44 | $265.44 | 2.92M |
| Jul 28, 2026 | $256.51 | $262.34 | $255.335 | $260.00 | 2.24M |
| Jul 27, 2026 | $255.47 | $256.65 | $251.505 | $255.36 | 1.68M |
| Jul 24, 2026 | $254.20 | $256.16 | $251.34 | $255.31 | 1.81M |
| Jul 23, 2026 | $250.35 | $257.53 | $249.74 | $254.32 | 2.88M |
| Jul 22, 2026 | $247.575 | $255.25 | $244.66 | $249.24 | 3.9M |
| Jul 21, 2026 | $243.50 | $243.7199 | $237.135 | $237.38 | 3.61M |
| Jul 20, 2026 | $243.50 | $246.70 | $241.22 | $245.11 | 2.98M |
| Jul 17, 2026 | $246.27 | $248.30 | $243.16 | $245.05 | 3.36M |
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Based in Chicago, CME Group operates exchanges giving investors, suppliers, and businesses the ability to trade futures and derivatives based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign currencies, energy, metals, and commodities. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange was founded in 1898 and in 2002 completed its IPO. Since then, CME Group has consolidated parts of the industry by merging with crosstown rival CBOT Holdings in 2007 before acquiring Nymex Holdings in 2008 and NEX in 2018. In addition, the company has a 27% stake in S&P Dow Jones Indices, making the Chicago Mercantile Exchange the exclusive venue to trade and clear S&P futures contracts. Through CME's acquisition of NEX, it also expanded into cash foreign exchange, fixed-income trading, and collateral optimization.
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| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
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| Jul 23, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | — |
| Jul 23, 2026 | B of A Securities | Underperform | — |
| Jul 23, 2026 | JP Morgan | Underweight | — |
| Jul 15, 2026 | Piper Sandler | Overweight | — |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | — |
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Yahoo · Aug 14, 2026
These new futures contracts would allow investors to hedge and speculate on the cost of renting chips that machines need to train and run AI models.
Yahoo · Aug 13, 2026
CME Group has recently outlined a wave of product launches, including index-based Hockey futures tied to NHL statistics, Compute futures linked to GPU rental indexes with Silicon Data, expanded 24/7 trading for 100-Ounce Silver futures, new E-nano equity index futures, and growing access to Spot-Quoted futures through TradeStation and enhanced market data via dxFeed. Together, these initiatives extend CME Group’s reach into AI infrastructure, sports performance indexes, and retail-friendly...
Yahoo · Aug 13, 2026
Wall Street is racing to turn raw compute power into a tradable asset class, but some investors warn that even the most ambitious financing package on record may leave the AI industry dangerously short of what it needs.
Yahoo · Aug 13, 2026
Oil futures stumbled Thursday as two key reports point to weaker global demand for oil in 2026. CME Group data shows U.S. crude oil prices are off morning lows but down 1.7% to $81.88 a barrel in afternoon action. Crude oil prices bounced back over the past week as faith in a Strait of Hormuz deal waned.
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