KCBT Changes To HRW Wheat Futures & Options Electronic Trading Hours Effective 5/21 Business Date

The Kansas City Board of Trade has received approval from the CFTC to expand electronic trading hours for the KCBT’s flagship hard red winter wheat futures and options contracts effective with the business date of May 21, which begins Sunday night, May 20 at 5:00 p.m.

In coordination with the CME Group®, the new daily (Sunday through Friday) extended electronic trading hours will be 5:00 pm to 2:00 pm CT for Hard Red Winter Wheat futures and options.

Wheat futures and wheat options will continue to trade by open outcry from 9:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. CT Monday through Friday.