CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, announced today that it has completed its last major integration milestone needed to deliver cost synergies associated with the July 12, 2007, merger of CME and CBOT.

The company announced that today its trading floor migration is completed, combining all equity, foreign exchange, interest rate and commodity open outcry trading facilities at the historic Chicago Board of Trade building.

Following the merger of the CBOT and the CME to form CME Group, the company in January successfully transferred 70 products from the e-CBOT platform to CME Globex. Today the transfer of more than 30 products and 2,000 traders, clerks and trading floor staff from the CME building was completed within a six-week time period. The floor integration will be marked with an official bell ringing at the start of livestock trading at 9:05 a.m. ...   more »