NYMEX (NMX) was acquired by CME Group (CME)

NYMEX (NMX): The New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) was acquired by Chicago based CME Group (CME) for $11.2 billion. (March 17, 2008)

  

The company's two principal divisions are the New York Mercantile Exchange and Commodity Exchange, Inc (COMEX), once separately owned exchanges.

Both NYMEX and COMEX now operate as designated contract markets (DCM) of the CME Group. The other two designated contract markets in the CME Group are the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade.