CME Group Revised Labor Day Holiday Hours for NYMEX Energy Products
August 29 2008 - 7:10PM
PR Newswire (US)
All other CME, CBOT and NYMEX products retain previously announced
hours NEW YORK and CHICAGO, Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In
response to concerns about Hurricane Gustav, CME Group, the world's
largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced that
it has revised its Labor Day holiday trading schedule (all times
are Eastern time) for NYMEX energy products. On Sunday, August 31,
all NYMEX energy products trading on the CME Globex(R) electronic
trading platform will open for trading at 2:30 p.m. (Eastern), with
a 2:00 p.m. (Eastern) pre-opening, for a September 2, 2008, trade
date. NYMEX ClearPort(R) Clearing and NYMEX ClearPort(R) Trading
will also now re-open for trading on this schedule on Sunday,
August 31. "We wanted to provide our customers with the opportunity
to respond to the storm's potential impact to energy markets as
quickly as possible," said CME Group Chief Operating Officer Bryan
Durkin. "The ability to trade both our exchange-listed and
over-the-counter energy products during this period will be a
significant benefit for global energy market participants." CME
Group (http://www.cmegroup.com/) is the world's largest and most
diverse derivatives exchange. Building on the heritage of CME, CBOT
and NYMEX, CME Group serves the risk management needs of customers
around the globe. As an international marketplace, CME Group brings
buyers and sellers together on the CME Globex electronic trading
platform and on trading floors in Chicago and New York. CME Group
offers the widest range of benchmark products available across all
major asset classes, including futures and options based on
interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy,
agricultural commodities, metals, and alternative investment
products such as weather and real estate. CME Group is listed on
NASDAQ under the symbol "CME." The Globe logo, CME, Chicago
Mercantile Exchange, CME Group, Globex and E-mini, are trademarks
of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. CBOT and Chicago Board of Trade
are trademarks of the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago. NYMEX,
New York Mercantile Exchange, and ClearPort are trademarks of New
York Mercantile Exchange. Inc. COMEX is a trademark of Commodity
Exchange, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners. Further information about CME Group and its
products can be found at http://www.cmegroup.com/. CME-G
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