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CME rankles market data users with licensing changes

The exchange began charging for historically free end-of-day data in 2025, angering some users.

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Members of IPUG, a UK-based industry group for users of market data services, are considering legal action following changes made by CME Group to its licensing policy and fees in 2025, according to internal documents seen by WatersTechnology.

Last year, CME terminated its end-of-day (EOD) data licenses for its exchanges—CME, CBOT, Nymex, Comex, and GME—and began offering end-of-day data under delayed data licenses. End-of-day data, or settlement data, provides an aggregated market view after the

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