NYBOT Announces New Trading Hours For Coffee, Sugar And Cotton Effective February 11

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®) announced yesterday that effective Monday, February 11, 2002, trading hours for the Coffee "C" futures & options contracts, the Sugar No. 11 futures & options contracts, the Sugar No. 14 futures contracts & the Cotton No. 2 futures & options contracts will be as follows:

Contract	Open	Close
Coffee "C"	9:00 a.m.	11:45 a.m.; Closing period commences at 11:43 a.m.
Sugar No. 11	9:00 a.m.	12:00 p.m.; Closing period commences at 11:58 a.m.
Sugar No. 14	8:50 a.m.	11:58 a.m. trading is suspended; Closing period commences at 12:00 p.m. or, if delayed as determined by the caller, at 12:10 p.m.
Cotton No. 2	Pre-Open at 12:10 - 12:15 p.m.; Open commences at 12:15 p.m.	3:00 p.m.; Closing APO commences at 2:45 p.m.; Closing period commences at 2:59 p.m.

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.