The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) has established the following trading schedules in connection with the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays:
Friday, Dec. 22
- Open auction: Agricultural and Financial contracts will close at 12:00 p.m. (Mini-sized Ag and Metals contracts will close at 12:30 p.m.) Stock Index contracts will close at 3:15 p.m.
- Electronic trading: Agricultural and Dow/AIG Commodity IndexSM contracts will close at 12:00 p.m. Metals contracts will close at 12:30 p.m. Financial contracts will close at 1:00 p.m. Stock Index contracts will close at normal times.
Sunday, Dec. 24
- Overnight electronic trading will be closed.
Monday, Dec. 25
- All daytime trading will be closed. Overnight electronic trading will be closed.
- (Electronic trading re-opens on Tues., Dec. 26 as follows: Agricultural and Dow/AIG at normal times; Financials beginning at 6:00 a.m.; Stock Index and Metals beginning at 6:15 a.m.; $10 DJIA contracts will not open on e-cbot for trade date Dec. 26.)
Friday, Dec. 29
- Open auction: Agricultural and Financial contracts will close at 12:00 p.m. (Mini-sized Ag contracts and Metals contracts will close at 12:30 p.m.) Stock Index contracts will close at 3:15 p.m.
- Electronic trading:
Dow-AIG Commodity Index contracts will close at 12:00 p.m. Metals contracts will close at 12:30 p.m. Financial contracts will close at 1:00 p.m. Stock Index contracts will close at normal times.
Sunday, Dec. 31
- Overnight electronic trading will be closed.
Monday, Jan. 1
- All daytime trading will be closed. Overnight electronic trading will be open.
