The Chicago Board of Trade will suspend overnight electronic trading of agricultural contracts during the transition to its new electronic trading platform from 6:00 a.m. on November 21, 2003 until 7:30 p.m. on January 1, 2004. Beginning January 1, CBOT agricultural futures contracts will gain an additional hour of trading on the exchange’s new electronic trading platform. The new electronic trading hours for the agricultural contracts will be 7:30 p.m. through 6:00 a.m. (Central Time), Sunday evening through Friday morning.
The suspension of electronic trading during this time frame is to facilitate a smooth transition to the new electronic trading platform and the CME/CBOT Common Clearing Link.
