NYBOT Announces Amended Hours For Expiring January 2002 FCOJ Futures Contracts

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®) announced today that its Citrus Associates of the New York Cotton Exchange has amended the trading hours for the last trading day in expiring FCOJ futures contract months, to provide that trading will cease at 1:45 pm (NY Time) in the expiring month on the last trading day. This change will take effect with the expiration of the January 2002 contract, which will cease trading at 1:45 pm (NY Time) on January 10, 2002. All other FCOJ futures contracts will continue to trade the normal hours of 12:30 pm - 2:45 pm (NY Time).

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.