Global traders were hit with a major disruption on Thursday evening (US time) after multiple CME Group trading platforms went offline due to a technical issue. According to CME’s official system status page, CME Globex Futures & Options, EBS Direct, EBS Markets, and Bursa Malaysia Derivatives (BMD) all experienced an unexpected halt, prompting a temporary shutdown across several asset classes including commodities, forex and derivatives.
The outage began around 20:40–21:30 CT on November 27, when CME confirmed that its Globex Futures & Options engine had halted due to a technical fault. Soon after, EBS Direct and EBS Markets — both major global FX trading venues under CME Group — were also halted for the same reason. BMD Markets (which operate on CME’s infrastructure) were similarly impacted.
CME issued multiple updates stating that the teams are “investigating the issue” and working to resolve it “in the near term.” The exchange also confirmed that Pre-Open timing updates will be provided as soon as they are available, indicating that a coordinated restart process is expected once the technical failure is isolated.
While the exact cause has not yet been disclosed, CME described it only as a technical issue, with no indication of a security breach. Market participants noted the outage came at a sensitive moment, particularly for metals traders, as gold and silver futures were approaching key breakout levels when the halt occurred.
Despite CME’s outage, MCX in India continues to operate normally, according to recent checks, and is not affected by CME’s system outage.
CME Group — the world’s largest derivatives marketplace — hosts benchmark futures across equities, interest rates, commodities, energy and FX. Any system-wide downtime has immediate global ripple effects given its scale and role in price discovery.
Further updates from CME Group are expected as they work toward restoring normal trading activity.
