Kalshi Launches New Equities Futures Contract -- Market Talk
Dow Jones2026/10/06 18:1214:12 ET - Kalshi says that it has launched a new perpetual futures contract for the U.S. 500 - an index of the 500 largest U.S. companies weighed by market capitalization. The prediction market platform says that this contract is its first move into equities, building off of the progress it made listing crypto perpetual futures earlier this year. "With prediction markets, you get exposure to the events that affect the stock market," says Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour in a press release. "The next step is exposure to the stock market itself, and the U.S. 500 perp is the best way for our traders to get it." (kirk.maltais@wsj.com) (END) Dow Jones Newswires October 06, 2026 14:12 ET (18:12 GMT)
14:12 ET - Kalshi says that it has launched a new perpetual futures contract for the U.S. 500 - an index of the 500 largest U.S. companies weighed by market capitalization. The prediction market platform says that this contract is its first move into equities, building off of the progress it made listing crypto perpetual futures earlier this year. "With prediction markets, you get exposure to the events that affect the stock market," says Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour in a press release. "The next step is exposure to the stock market itself, and the U.S. 500 perp is the best way for our traders to get it." (kirk.maltais@wsj.com)
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 06, 2026 14:12 ET (18:12 GMT)
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