Micro E-mini S&P 500 Index

Futures and Options
Globex Code
MESH5
Last
6141.00
Change
+9.00 (+0.15%)
Volume
111,990
Last Updated17 Feb 2025 05:18:32 PM CT.
Market data is delayed by at least 10 minutes

Micro E-mini S&P 500 Options - Contract Specs

Contract Unit
1 Micro E-mini S&P 500 futures contract
Minimum Price Fluctuation
CME Globex:
Outright: 0.25 index points ($1.25) for premium above 10.00 index points

CAB: 0.05 index points ($0.25)

Reduced Tick: 0.05 index points ($0.25) for premium at or below 10.00 index points
CME ClearPort:
Outright: 0.05 index points = $0.25
Price Quotation
U.S. dollars and cents per index point
Trading Hours
CME Globex:
Sunday 6:00 p.m. - Friday - 5:00 p.m. ET (5:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. CT) with a daily maintenance period from 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET (4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. CT)
CME ClearPort:
Sunday 6:00 p.m. - Friday 6:45 p.m. ET (Sun 5:00 - Fri 5:45 p.m. CT) with no reporting Monday - Thursday 6:45 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. ET (5:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. CT)
Product Code
CME Globex: MES
CME ClearPort: MES
Clearing: MES
Listed Contracts
Quarterly contracts (Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec) listed for 2 consecutive quarters
Termination of Trading
Trading terminates at 8:30 a.m. CT on the 3rd Friday of the contract month.
Position Limits
Exchange Rulebook
Price Limit or Circuit
Vendor Codes
Strike Prices Strike Price Interval
Settlement Method
Deliverable
Underlying
Micro E-mini S&P 500 Stock Price Index Futures
  • Micro E-mini S&P 500 futures (MES) offer smaller-sized versions of our liquid benchmark E-mini contracts.
  • The are designed to manage exposure to the S&P 500 Index, made up of 500 individual stocks representing the market capitalizations of large companies. The S&P 500 is a leading indicator of large-cap U.S. equities.
  • The Micro E-mini S&P 500 futures contract is $5 x the S&P 500 Index and has a minimum tick of 0.25 index points.
  • View delayed data for Micro E-mini S&P 500 futures below for the open, high and low prices and volume for the active contracts.

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