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New York Board of Trade: FINEX Evening Trading Session Restored

Date 20/03/2003

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®) announced today that effective Sunday night, March 23, 2003 (which is the start of trading for business day Monday, March 24) the evening trading session will be restored for all FINEX futures and options contracts. The session, which takes place in New York and runs from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm, was suspended in the aftermath of the 9/11 attack.

With the restoration of the evening session, FINEX contract trading hours are as follows (all times New York Times):

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  New York   Evening Session* Dublin Session New York  Day Session
Futures/Option Contracts:      
US Dollar Index 7:00 pm-10:00 pm 3:00 am-8:05 am 8:05 am-3:00 pm
Euro/US Dollar " " "
 Large Euro/US Dollar " " "
Australian dollar/US Dollar " " "
British Pound/US Dollar " " "
New Zealand Dollar/US Dollar " " "
US Dollar/Canadian Dollar " " "
US Dollar/Japanese Yen " " "
US Dollar/South African Rand " " "
US Dollar/Swiss Franc " " "
US Dollar/Swedish Krona “ " " "
US Dollar/Norwegian Krone " " "

 

  New York Evening Session* Dublin Session New York Day Session
Futures/Option  Contracts: 7:00pm-10:00pm 3:00am-9:05am 9:05am-3:00pm 
 Australian Dollar/ Japanese Yen " " "
Australian Dollar/New Zealand Dollar " " "
Australian Dollar/Canadian Dollar " " "
Canadian Dollar/Japanese Yen " " "
British Pound/Japanese Yen " " "
British Pound/Swiss Franc " " "
Euro/British Pound " " "
Euro/Canadian Dollar " " "
Euro/Japanese Yen " " "
Euro/Norwegian Krone " " "
Euro/Swedish Krona " " "
Euro/Swiss Franc " " "
Euro/Australian Dollar " " "
 Swiss Franc/Japanese Yen " " "

*During Daylight Savings Time, the evening session hours are from 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm.

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. Information about the New York Board of Trade can be found at www.nybot.com.