CBOE Interest Rate Products Close At 1:00 p.m. Central Time

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced that interest rate/treasury products traded at CBOE closed today at 1:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time (CDT), in conjunction with interest rate products at other exchanges and will also close at 1:00 p.m. CDT on September 18 and 19, 2001.

CBOE, the world's largest options marketplace and the creator of listed options, is regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). For additional information about the CBOE and its products, access the CBOE site on the World Wide Web at http://www.cboe.com.