Last Trading Day For NYBOT's US Dollar-South African Rand Contract

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®) announced today that because of the bank holiday in New York on Monday, October 14, 2002, the last trading day for the October 2002 US Dollar-South African Rand futures currency contract is Friday, October 11, 2002. The Delivery or Value Date remains the same, Wednesday, October 16, 2002.

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) is the parent company of the Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange, Inc. (CSCE) and the New York Cotton Exchange (NYCE). Through its two exchanges and their subsidiaries and divisions NYBOT offers an expanding range of agricultural, currency and index products.