CME Announces Presidents Day Trading Hours

CHICAGO, Feb 13, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME (NYSE, Nasdaq: CME) has announced the following trading schedule in conjunction with the Presidents Day holiday (all times are Central time):

    Friday, Feb. 16   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.).

                      Interest rate (excluding Eurozone HICP) and FX products
                      traded on CME Globex during regular trading hours will
                      close at 3:15 p.m.  Commodities, weather, GSCI, GSCI
                      Excess Return, fertilizer and ethanol traded on CME
                      Globex will close at 12:00 noon.

    Sunday, Feb. 18   CME Globex regular open for all products, for a trade
                      date of Tuesday, Feb. 20, except for commodities,
                      weather, GSCI, GSCI Excess Return, ethanol, TRAKRS and
                      ETFs, which do not open for trading.

    Monday, Feb. 19   Exchange trading floors closed in observance of
                      Presidents Day.  CME Globex trading continues
                      uninterrupted, except for equity index products, which
                      observe a 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. trading break, and
                      interest rate, FX, CPI and housing products, which
                      observe a 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. trading break.
                      NYMEX/COMEX products will observe a 4:15 p.m. to
                      5:00 p.m. trading break.

    Tuesday, Feb. 20  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 .

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