By Connor Hart
CME Group logged higher profit and revenue in the first quarter, boosted by strong trading demand.
The derivatives marketplace operator on Wednesday posted a profit of $1.15 billion, or $3.18 a share, compared with $956.2 million, or $2.62 a share, in the same quarter a year earlier.
Stripping out one-time items, earnings were $3.36 a share. Analysts polled by FactSet had been expecting adjusted earnings of $3.34 a share.
Revenue climbed 15% to $1.88 billion, just ahead of Wall Street models for $1.87 billion.
Clearing and transaction fee revenue came in at $1.54 billion, up 15% from a year earlier. CME brought in what it called a record $224.1 million in market data revenue.
Average daily volume grew 22% to a quarterly all-time high of 36.2 million contracts. Chief Executive Terry Duffy attributed the increase to robust demand for CME's products.
"In a world in which risk has become the new normal, 2026 is off to a record-breaking start as clients around the world turn to CME Group's trusted, regulated markets to hedge across asset classes and in all trading environments," he said.
Write to Connor Hart at connor.hart@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
April 22, 2026 07:20 ET (11:20 GMT)
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