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NYBOT's FINEX New York Evening Session Suspended

Date 07/04/2003

Due to the recent snow storm in the New York area, Finex New York, a division of the New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®), announced today that it was suspending its evening trading session for Monday, April 7, 2003.

Finex Dublin will be trading under a normal schedule. Please check the NYBOT website at www.nybot.com for any updates. 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.