Index futures are more liquid than the market in the index's individual components, so investors are in a hurry to alter their equity exposure trade index futures—even if the price isn’t equal ...

US equity futures advanced before the opening bell Friday ahead of reports on housing starts and industrial production that are expected to show modest improvements. Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Contrary to predictions, 2024 was another stellar year for equity markets, driven by economic strength, robust earnings, and ...

CHICAGO, Dec. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that as of November 29, more than 3 billion Micro E-mini Equity Index futures traded ...

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in securities and derivative instruments including equity index futures and options and swaps on equity index futures.

equity index futures, and other investment companies (such as ETFs, mutual funds, and and closed-end funds) that invest in these types of securities. The portfolio is overweight in energy and ...

S&P 500 futures are up 0.1%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures are adding 0.1%. Nasdaq 100 futures are gaining 0.2%. On Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 221 points, or 0.52%, to ...

London’s FTSE 100 hit a record high Friday, as international exposure in the equity index shielded it from much of the ...

making them easier to buy and more affordable. Wall Street firms and other large investors have long enjoyed the ability to manage portfolio risk with futures and E-mini futures contracts.