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Nymex To Introduce Strip Trading In Henry Hub Swaps On Nymex Access® Beginning Tomorrow

Date 19/12/2001

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced that it would introduce strip trading functionality for the first 36 listed months of its Henry Hub natural gas swaps contract beginning tomorrow.

In order to prepare the NYMEX ACCESS® electronic trading system, the web-based platform on which the contract trades, trading in Henry Hub swaps will not be available from 9 AM until 3:15 PM tomorrow.

Strip trading functionality will enable market participants to execute a trade for anywhere from two to 36 consecutive months at a single price.

Exchange President J. Robert Collins, Jr., said, "This is one more progressive step in serving the over-the-counter (OTC) energy trading community. Henry Hub strips are one of the most commonly used OTC trading instruments."