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.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange, CME, the globe logo and CME Globex are registered trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Further information about CME and its products is available on the CME Web site at http://www.cme.com .

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