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CME To Open Equity Markets In Coordination With NYSE On Sept. 11

Date 09/09/2002

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) announced that it will coordinate the opening of its stock index products on Sept. 11 with the opening of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Accordingly, CME stock index products will open at 10:00 a.m. (Central time) or as soon thereafter as the NYSE opens on that day. Earlier today, NYSE announced that if the memorial service scheduled at the World Trade Center site runs beyond its anticipated conclusion at 10:29 a.m. (Eastern time), the exchange will delay its opening beyond the previously announced 11:00 a.m. (Eastern time).

The trading schedule in CME's other products on Sept. 11 will remain as previously announced. The exchange will observe minutes of silence on its trading floors at 7:46 a.m. (Central time) and 9:29 a.m. In addition foreign exchange and interest rate markets will close one hour early, at 1 p.m.

Market participants trading on CME's GLOBEX® electronic trading platform are encouraged to observe voluntary minutes of silence (no GLOBEX activity) at 7:46 a.m. and 9:29 a.m. in coordination with observances in New York. (See table below for specific product hours on GLOBEX.)

The following table provides details of CME's trading hours on Sept. 11:

Foreign Exchange & Interest Rate Products

Open at normal time of 7:20 a.m. Observe minutes of silence on trading floor at 7:46 a.m. and 9:29 a.m. (GLOBEX® market participants are encouraged to observe voluntary minutes of silence at 7:46 a.m. and 9:29 a.m.) Trading floor markets close at 1 p.m. GLOBEX hours for these products are unchanged.

Stock Index Products

GLOBEX trading will halt at 8:15 a.m. (GLOBEX market participants are encouraged to observe a voluntary minute of silence at 7:46 a.m.) All stock index products will open at 10 a.m. or as soon thereafter as the opening of the New York Stock Exchange (GLOBEX and open outcry trading) and will close at their normal times.

Commodity Products & GSCI

Open and close at their normal times, except for New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) e-miNYSM energy contracts, which open at 10 a.m. Observe a minute of silence on trading floor at 9:29 a.m. (GLOBEX market participants are encouraged to observe a voluntary minute of silence at 9:29 a.m.)