On July 1, CME Group rose 3.01% in regular trading, trading at $227.63/share with turnover of $363 million. The stock gained momentum following the company's announcement that it will launch single stock futures on July 27, covering over 50 top US equities including NVIDIA, SpaceX, Apple, Meta, Amazon, and Alphabet.

The new offering comprises 55 standard-size and 22 micro futures contracts, providing market participants greater flexibility in managing equity exposure. This product launch adds to CME's aggressive expansion strategy in recent months, which includes new E-mini index futures, cash-settled micro options on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100, a crypto index futures product, and a compute futures partnership with Silicon Data. On June 24, RBC Capital Markets noted that perpetual futures pose minimal competitive threat to CME and highlighted growth drivers including international expansion, new products, and pricing power.

The broader Financial Exchanges and Data sector showed notable strength, with Coinbase up 11.36%, FactSet Research up 9.17%, S&P Global up 8.47%, Moody's up 4.44%, and Intercontinental Exchange up 3.42%.

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