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CME Announces Holiday Hours

Date 20/12/2006

CME (NYSE, Nasdaq: CME) has announced the following trading schedule in conjunction with the Christmas Day and New Year's Day holidays (all times are Central time):

Friday, December 22

Commodity futures, foreign exchange (FX), interest rates, housing options, GSCI(R) and weather options traded on Exchange trading floors close at noon (commodity options close at 12:02 p.m.). Equity indexes traded on the trading floor close at their regularly scheduled times.

Commodities, GSCI and weather traded on CME Globex(R) will close at noon. FX, and interest rates close at 3:15 p.m. Equity indexes, TRAKRS, ETFs, Eurozone HICP, housing, NYMEX energy and COMEX metals products traded on CME Globex will close at their regularly scheduled times.

Sunday, December 24

Exchange trading floors are closed.

CME Globex is closed.

Monday, December 25 - Christmas Day

Exchange trading floors are closed.

NYMEX energy and COMEX metals on CME Globex open at 5 p.m.

Tuesday, December 26

Regular CME floor trading hours.

CME Globex opens at 5 a.m. for all CME products.

Commodities, ETFs and TRAKRS on CME Globex open at their regular times.

Friday, December 29

Commodity futures, foreign exchange (FX), interest rates, housing options, GSCI(R) and weather options traded on Exchange trading floors close at noon (commodity options close at 12:02 p.m.). Equity indexes traded on the trading floor close at their regularly scheduled times.

Commodities, GSCI and weather traded on CME Globex(R) will close at noon. FX, and interest rates close at 3:15 p.m. Equity indexes, TRAKRS, ETFs, Eurozone HICP, housing, NYMEX energy and COMEX metals products traded on CME Globex will close at their regularly scheduled times.

Sunday, December 31

Exchange trading floors are closed.

CME Globex is closed.

Monday, January 1 - New Year's Day

Exchange trading floors are closed.

NYMEX energy and COMEX metals on CME Globex open at 5 p.m.

Tuesday, January 2

Regular CME floor trading hours.

CME Globex opens at 5 a.m. for all CME products. Commodities, ETFs and TRAKRS on CME Globex open at their regular times.

For more details, CME Regular Trading Hours (RTH) and CME Globex holiday schedules can be viewed at http://www.cme.com/trading/res/cch/holiday_calendar3513.html .