/C O R R E C T I O N -- CME Group Minute-Marker Energy Contracts/
June 05 2009 - 4:55PM
PR Newswire (US)
In the news release, CME Group Announces the Launch of Six
Minute-Marker Energy Contracts, issued 05-Jun-2009 by CME Group
over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the fourth
paragraph should read, "The first listed month for the six new 3:15
p.m. New York time Minute-Marker futures contracts will be the July
2009 contract. The three Minute-Marker futures contracts include
NYMEX Crude Oil (6C), NYMEX RBOB Gasoline (6R) and NYMEX Heating
Oil (6H), which will be listed for up to one month, and the second
month will be listed ten business days prior to the expiration of
the front month contract. The three Minute-Marker Calendar Month
Swap futures contracts include NYMEX Crude Oil (4T), NYMEX RBOB
Gasoline (5T) and NYMEX Heating Oil (7T), which will all be listed
for up to 36 consecutive months," rather than as originally issued
inadvertently. The complete, corrected release follows: CHICAGO,
June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CME Group, the world's largest and
most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced the launch of
six financially settled Minute-Marker Crude Oil, RBOB Gasoline and
Heating Oil futures contracts for trading and clearing services
available through CME ClearPort(R), a set of flexible clearing
services open to over the counter (OTC) market participants to
substantially mitigate counterparty risk and provide capital
efficiencies across asset classes, beginning June 14. These new
futures contracts will be listed for trading on, and subject to,
the rules and regulations of NYMEX. In addition, the NYMEX Crude
Oil, RBOB Gasoline and Heating Oil Minute-Marker futures contracts
will also be listed for trading on the NYMEX trading floor
beginning June 15. The new Minute-Marker futures contracts will be
available during normal operating hours through CME ClearPort, from
6:00 p.m. Sunday until 5:15 p.m. Friday New York time, and via open
outcry trading from 9:00 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Monday through
Friday. The first listed month for the six new 3:15 p.m. New York
time Minute-Marker futures contracts will be the July 2009
contract. The three Minute-Marker futures contracts include NYMEX
Crude Oil (6C), NYMEX RBOB Gasoline (6R) and NYMEX Heating Oil
(6H), which will be listed for up to one month, and the second
month will be listed ten business days prior to the expiration of
the front month contract. The three Minute-Marker Calendar Month
Swap futures contracts include NYMEX Crude Oil (4T), NYMEX RBOB
Gasoline (5T) and NYMEX Heating Oil (7T), which will all be listed
for up to 36 consecutive months. For more information, please visit
http://www.cmegroup.com/clearport. 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. By acting
as the buyer to every seller and the seller to every buyer, CME
Clearing virtually eliminates counterparty credit risk. CME
Clearing also offers financial safeguards to help mitigate systemic
risk, providing the security and confidence market participants
need to operate, invest and grow. 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."
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