CME Group, the recently formed parent company of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade, on Tuesday reported strong earnings growth for both exchanges in their final full quarter as separate companies.

The CME Group posted a 15 per cent rise in second-quarter profit in its last quarter before completing its acquisition of the CBOT, narrowly missing analyst expectations. For the same period, the CBOT posted a 34 per cent jump in net income as a result of higher trading volume and derivative contract fees.