CME Group (CME) shares rose 1.9% in recent Thursday trading after Citigroup upgraded the stock to buy from neutral and raised its price target to $300 from $275.
JPMorgan also raised its price target on CME to $252 from $246 and kept its underweight rating.
Intraday volume topped 1.55 million shares, compared with the daily average of almost 2.01 million.
Price: 269.35, Change: +4.92, Percent Change: +1.86