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CME Announces Labor Day Holiday Trading Schedule

Date 21/08/2003

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) has announced the following trading schedule for the Labor Day holiday (all times are Central time):

Friday, Aug. 29

All interest rate, foreign exchange, commodity futures and GSCI® products traded on CME's trading floors close at 12:00 noon Central time (Commodity options close at 12:02 p.m.). Stock index products close at their regular time.

Products traded on GLOBEX® during Regular Trading Hours (RTH) close as follows: commodities and GSCI futures close at 12:00 noon; chemicals close at 2:15 p.m.; interest rates, foreign exchange and stock indexes close at 3:15 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 31

GLOBEX regular open at 5:30 p.m. (for trade date of Sept. 2)

Monday, Sept. 1

CME trading floors are closed in observance of the Labor Day holiday.

GLOBEX halts trading at 10:30 a.m. GLOBEX resumes trading at 5:30 p.m. (for trade date of Sept. 2)

All times are Central daylight time.