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FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

CBOT, MidAm Independence Day Holiday Trading Schedule

Date 26/06/2002

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) and the MidAmerica Commodity Exchange (MidAm) have established the following Independence Day holiday trading schedules:

Wednesday, July 3. Open auction: Financial* contracts close at 12:00 noon, except for X-FundSM futures, which close at 3:15 p.m.

All other open auction contracts (Agricultural and Stock Index) contracts close at their normal times.

Electronic a/c/eSM trading: Financial* and Metals contracts close at 12:30 p.m. All other a/c/e trading (Agricultural, Dow/AIG Commodity IndexSM and Stock Index contracts) closes at normal times.

Overnight a/c/e trading closed.

Thursday, July 4.All daytime trading closed. Electronic a/c/e trading reopens at normal evening times except for mini-sized N.Y. Gold and Silver, which remain closed

Friday, July 5. Open auction: Financial contracts close at 12:00 noon. Stock Index contracts close at 12:15 p.m. Agricultural contracts close at their normal times.

Electronic a/c/e trading: Mini-sized N.Y. Gold and Silver and Dow/AIG Commodity Index remain closed.

Financial, Stock Index and 1,000 ounce Silver contracts close at 12:30 p.m.

Agricultural a/c/e trading closes at its normal time.

The MidAm will be closed on Thursday, July 4. MidAm wheat, corn and soybean contracts will close at their normal times on Wednesday, July 3.

*Financial contracts are Treasury Bond, Treasury Note, Municipal Bond Index, Agency Note futures and options, and 30-Day Fed Fund, Interest Rate Swap, Eurodollar and X-Fund futures.