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NYBOT Announces Revised CSCE Christmas Holiday Schedule

Date 12/12/2002

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®) announced today the Board of Managers of the Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange revised the Christmas holiday trading schedule for its Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa markets to be open on December 24, Christmas Eve, and closed on December 26, Boxing Day.

The complete Christmas and New Year's Holiday Schedule for all NYBOT markets is as follows:

Tuesday, December 24, 2002

CSCE: SPCI Contracts Closed. Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa products trade normal hours.
NYFE: Reuters/CRB Contracts Closed; All other NYFE Products close at 1:15 p.m. EST.
FINEX NY: All products close at 1:00 p.m. EST.
FINEX Dublin: All products will trade regular hours.
NYCE: Cotton products are closed.
Citrus: FCOJ products are closed.

Wednesday, December 25, 2002

All products are closed on all New York and Dublin Exchanges.

Thursday, December 26, 2002

CSCE: SPCI contracts trade regular hours. Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa products are closed.
FINEX Dublin: All products are closed.
FINEX NY Day Session: All products commence trading at 8:05 a.m. EST.
NYCE: Cotton products will trade regular hours.
Citrus: FCOJ products will trade regular hours.
NYFE: NYFE Products Trade regular hours.

Tuesday, December 31, 2002

NYFE: Reuters/CRB Contracts Close at 1:15 p.m. EST; All other NYFE Products trade their regular hours.
CSCE: SPCI Contracts Close at 1:15 p.m. EST; All other CSCE Products (Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa) will trade regular hours.
FINEX NY: All products close at 1:00 p.m. EST.
FINEX Dublin: All products will trade regular hours.
NYCE: Cotton products will trade regular hours
.Citrus: FCOJ products will trade regular hours.

Wednesday, January 1, 2003

All products are closed on all New York and Dublin Exchanges.

Reminder: Trading suspensions remain in effect for all products on the FINEX NY-Evening Sessions and The Cantor Exchange.

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.