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• CME 100% Rate It
• GS 58% Rate It
• IAI 0% Rate It
• KBWC 0% Rate It

CME Group Inc. ( CME ) has announced an ex-dividend date of December 13, 2012 and a cash dividend payment of $1.3 per share scheduled for December 28, 2012. Shareholders who purchased CME stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 188.89% increase over the prior month.

The previous trading day's last sale of CME was $54.06, representing a -11.26% decrease from the 52 week high of $60.92 and a 20.3% increase over the 52 week low of $44.94.

CME is a part of the Finance sector, which includes companies such as Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ( GS ) and BlackRock, Inc. ( BLK ). CME's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $4.45. Zacks Investment Research reports CME's forecasted earnings growth in 2012 as -10.71%, compared to an industry average of -6.6%.

For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the CME Dividend History page.

Interested in gaining exposure to CME through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have CME as a top-10 holding:

• iShares Dow Jones U.S. Broker-Dealers Index Fund ( IAI )
• PowerShares KBW Capital Markets Portfolio ( KBWC ).

The top-performing ETF of this group is IAI with an increase of 5.35% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of CME at 6.73%.

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