Trading in the metals contracts will open at 2 PM and propane will open at 1:45 PM on Mondays through Thursdays instead of the current opening of 3:15 PM on the NYMEX ACCESS® electronic trading system. The closing times for the session will remain at 8:00 AM for gold, silver, copper, platinum, and palladium futures, 7:40 AM for aluminum futures, and 9:00 AM for propane futures. The Sunday evening opening time of 7 PM also will not be changed.
Exchange President J. Robert Collins, Jr., said, "By reducing the brief period that these markets are closed we are a step closer to offering market participants virtually `round the clock market access, transparency, and efficiency, which is particularly valuable in this time of heightened activity in metals and energy markets."
