India set for electricity futures trading as NSE becomes 2nd exchange to get nod
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Jun 11 2025
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Source: Reuters
Regulatory Approval for Electricity Futures: India's National Stock Exchange and Multi Commodity Exchange have received regulatory approval to launch electricity futures contracts, which could help power utilities manage finances better by allowing them to secure power at fixed prices in the future.
Benefits for Distribution Companies: The new futures contracts will enable distribution companies (discoms) to optimize costs, improve demand forecasting, and avoid long-term contracts, while also providing opportunities for power producers to hedge against price fluctuations.
Analyst Views on CME
Wall Street analysts forecast CME stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for CME is 285.90 USD with a low forecast of 209.00 USD and a high forecast of 320.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
10 Analyst Rating
4 Buy
4 Hold
2 Sell
Hold
Current: 281.390
Low
209.00
Averages
285.90
High
320.00
Current: 281.390
Low
209.00
Averages
285.90
High
320.00
About CME
CME Group Inc. provides a derivatives marketplace. The Company enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and over the counter (OTC) markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data. It exchanges offer a range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange (FX), energy, agricultural products and metals. It offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and FX trading on the EBS platform. In addition, it operates central counterparty clearing provider, CME Clearing. Its products provide a means for hedging, speculation and asset allocation related to the risks associated with, among other things, interest rate sensitive instruments, and changes in the prices of agricultural, energy and metal commodities. It provides clearing and settlement services for a range of exchange-traded futures and options on futures contracts and OTC derivatives.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
