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CBOT® To Continue Normal Trading Hours Thursday Evening and Friday, September 14

Date 13/09/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) will continue normal trading hours this evening with the regular opening of its electronic trading system, a/c/e. Both open outcry and electronic markets at the CBOT® opened on time today and functioned well.

a/c/e will resume its normal schedule of trading (except for stock indices) at 8:00 p.m. Chicago time on September 13 as follows:

  • Financial products, 8:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
  • Agricultural products, 8:30 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
The CBOT®'s and MidAmerica Exchange open outcry and electronic markets, except for stock indices, are scheduled to open at their regular times on Friday, September 14.

A decision to reopen the CBOT®'s and MidAm equity markets will be made in coordination with other financial markets, in addition to U.S. regulatory authorities, and will be announced at that time.

For more information on the CBOT®'s markets and products, log onto the exchange web site at www.cbot.com.