NYBOT Announces Revisions To Trading Hours For Coffee "C" And Reuters CRB Index Contracts

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today that effective with the move to the new trading facility on Tuesday, September 2, 2003, trading hours for the Coffee "C" futures and options contracts shall be from 9:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (all times NY), and trading hours for the Reuters CRB Index futures and options contracts shall be from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.^*

The amendments to the Reuters CRB contract rules delete the provision under which trading hours in all contract months were extended on the last day of trading for the expiring contract month; with this amendment trading will cease at 2:30 p.m. on all full trading days, including the last trading day of any expiring contract month.

^*These changes are subject to approval by the NYBOT Executive Committee.

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 and www.nybotlive.com.