NYBOT Announces Amended Trading Hours For All FINEX Futures And Options Contracts

New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today that effective with the start of trading on Tuesday, February 18, 2003, trading hours for all FINEX futures and options contracts will change. In each case, the change lengthens the trading session that takes place in Dublin by 5 minutes, effectively eliminating the 5-minute trading halt that has existed between the end of the Dublin session and the start of the New York trading session for each contract (hours for the New York session are not affected).

The new trading hours are as follows (all times New York Times):

Futures/Option Contracts:	Dublin Session	New York Session
US Dollar Index	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	"	"

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Futures/Option Contracts:	Dublin Session	New York Session
Australian Dollar/Japanese Yen	3:00am-9:05am	9:05am-3:00pm
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	"	"

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