Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. To Observe Silence In Conjunction with NYSE, Re-Open Trading Of Equity Index Products at 8:33 a.m. (Central)

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) will observe two minutes of silence and join in singing "God Bless America" with the New York Stock Exchange in conjunction with the re-opening of U.S. securities markets and CME's U.S. equity index products today. The observance begins at 8:30 a.m. (Central time), and CME equity index markets will open at 8:33 a.m.

GLOBEX2 electronic trading of CME's equity index products - the E-mini S&P 500 Index , E-mini Nasdaq-100 Index and FORTUNE e-50 Index - will begin at 8:15 a.m. to facilitate the orderly start of electronic trading in these products. There will be a pre-opening procedure permitting the placement of GLOBEX2 orders beginning at 7:45 a.m.

As it did on Friday, open outcry trading of CME's interest rate products will close on Monday at 1 p.m. CST, rather than the usual 2 p.m. closing, with foreign exchange products closing at 2 p.m. as usual. Also as it did on Friday, GLOBEX2 electronic trading of interest rate and foreign exchange products will conclude at 2 p.m. CST on Monday. CME's commodity products will trade at their usual times on Monday.

CME has established a recorded telephone line for information about CME's markets and business operations: 312/930-2324. The recording will be updated as there are new developments. News releases and updates are also posted on CME's Web site, www.cme.com.