The CME Group's Globex futures and options market will begin pre-opening at 7:00 AM Central Time (9:00 PM Beijing Time) and officially open at 7:30 AM Central Time (9:30 PM Beijing Time).
The CME Globex electronic platform reportedly offers thousands of futures and options contracts with varying expiration dates, as well as inter-product arbitrage contracts. Its product categories are extensive, including metals (gold, silver, etc.), energy (crude oil, etc.), interest rates, agricultural products, stock indices, foreign exchange, and real estate and weather futures and options.Currently, over 90% of CME Group's futures contracts can be electronically traded on the Globex platform.[PANews]