> The Chicago Mercantile Group announced plans to offer 24-hour, seven-days-a-week trading in new, smaller crude oil futures and its existing gold contract, the exchange said Thursday.
> The new oil-linked contract, set to be one-tenth the size of the existing Micro WTI futures contract, will debut Aug. 30, according to the release. 24/7 trading in 1-ounce gold futures will begin July 26. The oil and gold contracts, which are still pending regulatory review, will be cash-settled and listed on NYMEX and COMEX, respectively.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-11/cme-announces-plans-to-offer-24-7-wti-oil-and-gold-contracts
