CME宣布美国锌期货完成首批交易

CHICAGO
,
Aug. 25, 2026
/PRNewswire/ --
CME Group
, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that the first trades of its
U.S
. Zinc Futures contracts were executed on
CME
Globex by Glencore and Trafigura. The first trades, executed on screen on
August 20
, were for September delivery.
CME Group
updated its Zinc contract to
U.S
. duty-paid in
March 2026
in response to client demand for a tool to manage
U.S
. pricing dynamics. As an exchange-traded, centrally cleared instrument that provides a risk management tool for the all-in
U.S
. zinc price, the contract will help improve accuracy, transparency and hedging optimization for producers, consumers and intermediaries.
"As geopolitical fragmentation reshapes global supply chains, regional price signals matter more than ever," said
Jin Hennig
, Managing Director and Global Head of Metals at
CME Group
. "The
U.S
. zinc market increasingly moves to its own dynamics — driven by domestic policy and supply security — and our new futures contract addresses this gap by providing participants a precise tool to manage their exposure."
CME Group
was the first to introduce regional products in industrial metals, steel and battery metals to allow clients to better tailor their hedging strategies. These contracts have become essential tools for industrial metals supply chains:
Both
U.S
. and European Hot-Rolled Coil ("HRC") steel futures contracts are trading at record levels year-to-date, with
U.S
. HRC trading 1,483 contracts per day (29,660 short tons) and EU HRC trading 360 contracts (7,200 metric tons).
Copper futures were up 12% YoY in 1H 2026, averaging 107,000 contracts per day (1 million short tons).
Regional Aluminum Premium suite had a record year in 2025 with 864 contracts traded per day (21,600 metric tons).
The
U.S
. Zinc Futures contract is physically settled and listed by and subject to the rules of COMEX. For more information, please visit
here
.
As the world's leading derivatives marketplace,
CME Group
(
www.cmegroup.com
) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities.
CME Group
exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on
interest rates
,
equity indexes
,
foreign exchange
,
cryptocurrencies
,
energy
,
agricultural products
and
metals
.  The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the
CME
Globex
platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform.  In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers,
CME
Clearing.
CME Group
, the Globe logo,
CME
,
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
, Globex, and E-mini are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
CBOT and Chicago Board of Trade
are trademarks of
Board of Trade
of the
City of Chicago
, Inc.  NYMEX,
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and ClearPort are trademarks of
New York Mercantile Exchange
, Inc.  COMEX is a trademark of
Commodity Exchange, Inc.
BrokerTec is a trademark of
BrokerTec Americas LLC
and EBS is a trademark of
EBS Group LTD.
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