CME Announces Independence Day Holiday Hours
CHICAGO, June 21, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ --
CME has announced the following trading schedule in conjunction with the Independence Day holiday (all times are Central time): Tuesday, July 3 Unless noted below all products close at their regular trading time on the Exchange trading floor and CME Globex(R). Commodity futures, foreign exchange (FX), interest rate, housing options, GSCI(R) and weather option products traded on Exchange trading floors close at 12:00 noon (commodity options close at 12:02 p.m.). Equity index products close at 12:15 p.m. Commodities, weather, GSCI, GSCI Excess Return, fertilizer and ethanol traded on CME Globex will close at 12:00 noon. Equity Index products close at 12:15 p.m. CME Globex regular open for all products, for a trade date of Thursday, July 5, except for commodities, weather, GSCI, GSCI Excess Return, fertilizer, ethanol, TRAKRS and ETFs, which do not open for trading. Wednesday, Exchange trading floors are closed. July 4 Equity index products traded on CME Globex observe a 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. trading halt. Interest rate, FX and housing products traded on CME Globex observe a 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. trading halt. CME Globex opens at its regular time of 5:00 p.m. Thursday, July 5 Regular trading sessions for CME Globex and Exchange trading floors.
For more details, CME Regular Trading Hours (RTH) and CME Globex holiday schedules can be viewed at http://www.cme.com/trading/res/cch/holiday_calendar3513.html.
CME (http://www.cme.com) is the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange. As an international marketplace, CME brings together buyers and sellers on the CME Globex(R) electronic trading platform and on its trading floors. CME offers futures and options on futures in these product areas: interest rates, stock indexes, foreign exchange, agricultural commodities, energy, and alternative investment products such as weather, real estate and economic derivatives. CME is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: CME), which is part of the Russell 1000(R) Index and the S&P 500(R) Index.
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