On August 1, 2007, the Company issued a statement regarding the decision of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in its litigation against IntercontinentalExchange Inc. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

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New York, N.Y., August 1, 2007 -- NYMEX Holdings, Inc.(NYSE:NMX), the parent company of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today declared a quarterly dividend of 10 cents per share to shareholders of record as of September 4, 2007, payable on September 28, 2007.

NYMEX Holdings became a publicly traded company on November 17, 2006.

The New York Mercantile Exchange is the world's largest physical commodities exchange, offering futures and options trading in energy and metals contracts and clearing services for more than 320 off-exchange energy contracts.

Through a hybrid model of open outcry floor trading and electronic trading on CME Globex^® and NYMEX ClearPort^®, NYMEX offers crude oil, petroleum products, natural gas, coal, electricity, gold, silver, copper, aluminum, platinum group metals, emissions, and soft commodities contracts for trading and clearing virtually 24 hours each day.

For more information, visit the NYMEX website at www.nymex.com.

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This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, with respect to our future performance, operating results, strategy, and other future events. Such statements generally include words such as could, can, anticipate, believe, expect, seek, pursue, and similar words and terms, in connection with any discussion of future results. Forward-looking statements involve a number of assumptions, risks, and uncertainties, any of which may cause actual results to differ materially from the anticipated, estimated, or projected results referenced in forward-looking statements. In particular, the forward-looking statements of NYMEX Holdings, Inc., and its subsidiaries are subject to the following risks and uncertainties: the success and timing of new futures contracts and products; changes in political, economic, or industry conditions; the unfavorable resolution of material legal proceedings; the impact and timing of technological cha nges and the adequacy of intellectual property protection; the impact of legislative and regulatory actions, including without limitation, actions by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; and terrorist activities and international hostilities, which may affect the general economy as well as oil and other commodity markets. We assume no obligation to update or supplement our forward-looking statements.

Contact: Anu Ahluwalia

              (212) 299-2439

Keil Decker

(212) 299-2209

NEW YORK, N.Y., August 1, 2007 -- NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:NMX), the parent company of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., received an opinion from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirming the U.S. District Court's dismissal of NYMEX's claims for copyright and trademark infringement against the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) from ICE's inappropriate use of NYMEX's settlement prices for its benchmark energy contracts, including light, sweet crude oil and Henry Hub natural gas futures.

NYMEX President and Chief Executive Officer James E. Newsome said, "While we are clearly disappointed by this decision, it should have no impact on our business as our competitor has for many years been misappropriating, and continues to misappropriate, our settlement prices. The marketplace has already factored this into our business. NYMEX will continue to be the leading market innovator for new products and ideas in the energy and metals industry despite the efforts of our competitors to use these proprietary ideas. NYMEX is reviewing all of its legal options to pursue them to the fullest extent possible."

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This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, with respect to our future performance, operating results, strategy, and other future events. Such statements generally include words such as could, can, anticipate, believe, expect, seek, pursue, and similar words and terms, in connection with any discussion of future results. Forward-looking statements involve a number of assumptions, risks, and uncertainties, any of which may cause actual results to differ materially from the anticipated, estimated, or projected results referenced in forward-looking statements. In particular, the forward-looking statements of NYMEX Holdings, Inc., and its subsidiaries are subject to the following risks and uncertainties: the success and timing of new futures contracts and products; changes in political, economic, or industry conditions; the unfavorable resolution of material legal proceedings; the impact and timing of technological cha nges and the adequacy of intellectual property protection; the impact of legislative and regulatory actions, including without limitation, actions by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; and terrorist activities and international hostilities, which may affect the general economy as well as oil and other commodity markets. We assume no obligation to update or supplement our forward-looking statements.