CME Announces Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Trading Hours
CHICAGO, Jan 10, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME has announced the following trading schedule for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday (all times are Central time - http://www.cme.com/trading/res/cch/holiday_calendar3513.html ):
Friday, Jan. 13 Exchange trading floors close at noon for CME Commodity Futures, CME Foreign Exchange, CME Interest Rates, CME GSCI(R), and CME Weather Options. CME Commodity Options close at 12:02 p.m. Regular trading floor close for CME Equity Indexes at 3:15 p.m. CME(R) Globex(R) Foreign Exchange, Equity Indexes and Interest Rates close at 3:15 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15 CME Globex opens at 5:00 p.m. (for trade date of Tuesday, Jan. 17), excluding: CME GSCI TRAKRS CME ETFs CME Ethanol CME Weather CME Feeder Cattle CME Live Cattle CME Pork Bellies CME Lean Hogs CME Cash-Settled Butter Monday, Jan. 16 Exchange trading floors are closed in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. CME Globex Equity Indexes close at 10:30 a.m. CME Foreign Exchange and CME Interest Rates close at 12:00 noon. CME Globex Regular Open (for trade date of Tuesday, Jan. 17).
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 the first three quarters of 2005 and managed $43.8 billion in collateral deposits at September 30, 2005, including $3.8 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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