Nymex Announces The Transition Of The NYMEX miNY^sm Futures Contracts To NYMEX ClearPort^sm

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., will transition its NYMEX miNY^sm crude oil and natural gas futures contracts to NYMEX ClearPortsm from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange CME® Globex® electronic trading system on Sunday, November 20, for trade date November 21.

The NYMEX miNYsm crude oil and natural gas futures contracts will cease trading on the CME® Globex® platform at 2:30 PM on November 18, and will commence trading on the NYMEX ClearPort^smtrading platform on November 20 at 7:00 PM New York time. This will affect the December NYMEX miNY^sm natural gas futures contract and the January NYMEX miNY^sm crude oil and natural gas futures contracts.

Exchange President James E. Newsome said,"We are pleased to consolidate the NYMEX miNY^sm contracts on to the NYMEX ClearPort^sm trading platform, offering our customers the ability to manage their market risk from a single electronic venue."