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NYBOT Announces Thanksgiving Holiday Trading Schedule

Date 12/11/2002

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®) announced today the trading schedule for the U.S. Thanksgiving Day Holiday for the New York Board of Trade's subsidiary exchanges, the Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange, Inc. (CSCE), the New York Cotton Exchange (NYCE), Citrus Associates of the New York Cotton Exchange (Citrus), FINEX, and New York Futures Exchange (NYFE):

Wednesday, November 27, 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 & Cocoa) will trade their 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.

Thursday, November 28, 2002

All products are closed on all New York Exchanges.

FINEX Dublin: Trading in all products extended to 9:05 a.m. EST.

Friday, November 29, 2002

NYFE: Reuters/CRB closed; All other products close at 1:15 p.m. EST.

CSCE: All products, including SPCI contracts are closed.

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.

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.