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NYBOT's Finex Division Establishes Fixed Trading Hours For New York Evening Session

Date 10/04/2003

The FINEX® Division of the New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today that it has amended its rules to establish a single, fixed trading time for its New York Evening Session.

The new fixed trading hours for the FINEX New York Evening Session are 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm (NY Time). The new trading hours are effective the evening of Sunday, April 13, 2003.

The NYBOT's FINEX Division, which trades currency products and the US Dollar Index (USDX®), is the only facility in the world that operates trading floors on both sides of the Atlantic (New York and Dublin). FINEX recently resumed its New York Evening Session which now allows market users virtual round the clock trading of FINEX products (please check the NYBOT website for trading times).

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.