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CHICAGO, Feb 01, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- In the news release, CME Announces Presidents' Day Holiday Trading Hours, issued earlier today by CME over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the first paragraph after "Friday, Feb. 17" should read "Interest rates, foreign exchange, commodity, weather, fertilizer, ethanol and GSCI products traded on Exchange trading floors close at 12:00 noon. (Commodity options close at 12:02 p.m.) Equity index products close at their regularly scheduled times (3:15 p.m.)" rather than "Commodity, weather, fertilizer, ethanol and GSCI products traded on Exchange trading floors close at 12:00 noon. (Commodity options close at 12:02 p.m.) Equity index, interest rates and foreign exchange products close at their regularly scheduled times (3:15 p.m.)" as originally issued inadvertently.
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CME Announces Presidents' Day Holiday Trading Hours
CME has announced the following trading schedule for the Presidents' Day holiday (all times are Central time):
Friday, Feb. 17 Commodity, weather, fertilizer, ethanol and GSCI products traded on Exchange trading floors close at 12:00 noon. (Commodity options close at 12:02 p.m.) Equity index, interest rates and foreign exchange products close at their regularly scheduled times (3:15 p.m.) Products traded on CME(R) Globex(R) during Regular Trading Hours (RTH) close as follows: commodities, weather and GSCI close at 12:00 noon; foreign exchange and interest rates close at 3:15 p.m. Products closing at their regular times are equity indexes (3:15 p.m.), ETFs (3:15 p.m.), CPI & Eurozone HICP (3:15 p.m.), and TRAKRS(SM) (3:00 p.m.) Sunday, Feb. 19 CME Globex opens at 5:00 p.m., its regular time, (for trade date of Feb. 21). Monday, Feb. 20 Exchange trading floors are closed in observance of Presidents' Day. CME Globex halts equity trading at 10:30 a.m. and resumes trading at 5:00 p.m. (for trade date of Feb. 21). CME Globex trading halts for Interest Rate and Foreign Exchange products at 12:00 noon and resumes also at 5:00 p.m. (for trade date of Feb. 21)
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. ( http://www.cme.com ) is the world's largest and most diverse financial exchange. As an international marketplace, CME brings together buyers and sellers on CME Globex electronic trading platform and on its trading floors. CME offers futures and options on futures primarily in four product areas: interest rates, stock indexes, foreign exchange and commodities. The exchange moved about $1.4 billion per day in settlement payments in 2005 and managed $45.6 billion in collateral deposits at December 30, 2005, including $3.2 billion in deposits for non-CME products. CME is a wholly owned subsidiary of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: CME), which is part of the Russell 1000(R) Index.
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