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KCBT Changes End-Of-Month Closing Time For Value Line' Futures Contract

Date 20/12/2001

The Kansas City Board of Trade has amended the closing time for the Value Line' stock index futures contract on the last business day of each calendar month.

Effective Friday, Dec. 21, 2001, on the last business day of each calendar month, trading hours shall be from 8:30 a.m. Central time to 3:15 p.m. Central time. This means that the market hours will be be from 8:30 a.m. Central time to 3:15 p.m. Central time every day. Previously, only on the last business day of each calendar month, the market had been closing at 3:05 p.m.

Value Line' is a registered mark of Value Line, Inc., a New York corporation that provides financial services and publications. Since 1982, the Kansas City Board of Trade has been licensed to use the Value Line' mark in connection with its efforts to establish futures markets tied to the Value Line' index. The Kansas City Board of Trade and Value Line, Inc. are not affiliated corporate entities.