Chicago Mercantile Exchange to close operating floor to prevent coronavirus The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group) announced on March 11 that it will close its trading floor after business hours on Friday.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange to close operating room to prevent coronavirus

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group) announced on March 11 that it will close its trading floor after business hours on Friday.

The decision is "a preventive measure to limit large swarms that could contribute to the spread of coronavirus, as recommended by medical professionals.".

“All products will continue to trade on CME Globex as they do today,” the company adds..

She notes that there were no confirmed cases of coronavirus in the operating room, as well as in the entire exchange building. Access to the trading floor will be restored after receiving appropriate recommendations from specialists.

CME is one of the few exchanges in the United States to support regulated Bitcoin futures trading. It was previously noted that the trading volumes of CME bitcoin futures peaked above $ 1 billion in mid-February, after which they collapsed along with the destabilization of the situation in the global financial markets. On March 10, the turnover of the instrument amounted to $ 221 million.

Also, in connection with the coronavirus, there have been changes in the work of a number of American crypto companies..

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