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the CME

 
 
noun STOCK MARKET

Definition

abbreviation for Chicago Mercantile Exchange: a market for options (= the right to buy shares, etc. in the future) and futures (= the right to buy or sell shares, etc. in the future at a particular price) : February wheat futures rose to 59 cents a pound on the CME.
(Definition of the CME noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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