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Revised CBOT/MidAm Christmas and New Year's Day Trading Schedule

Date 14/12/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) and the MidAmerica Commodity Exchange (MidAm) have established the following Christmas and New Year's Day holiday trading schedules:

Sunday, December 23

Electronic trading: Agricultural & New York Metals will be closed. All other contracts will observe normal trading schedules.

Monday, December 24

CBOT® open outcry Agricultural contracts will closed. Last delivery date for December 2001 Wheat and Oat futures will be Thursday, December 27. Financial contracts will close at 12:00 noon. Stock Index contracts will close at 12:15 p.m.

Electronic trading: Agricultural, New York Metals and Dow/AIG Index contracts will be closed. Stock Index contracts will close at 12:15 p.m. Financial, Kilo Gold, and 1000 oz. Silver will close at 12:30 p.m. Overnight electronic trading will be closed.

Trading will close at 12:15 p.m. in the following MidAm contracts: Live Cattle; Lean Hogs; British Pound; and Canadian Dollar.

Trading will be closed in the following MidAm contracts: Grains/Soybeans; Soybean Meal; and Soybean Oil

Tuesday, December 25

All CBOT®/MidAm daytime and overnight trading will be closed.

Wednesday, December 26

CBOT® open outcry trading will observe normal trading schedules. Electronic trading: Morning trading for agricultural contracts will be closed. Financial contracts on the electronic trading system will trade from 6:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Stock Index contracts will trade from 6:15 a.m.-4:00 p.m. New York Metals will trade from 6:15 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Dow/AIG Index, Kilo Gold and 1000 oz. Silver will observe normal trading schedules.

Monday, December 31, 2001

CBOT® open outcry Agricultural and Financial contracts will close at 12:00 noon. Stock Index contracts will close at 3:15 p.m. Electronic Trading: Financials and Metals will close at 12:30 p.m. Stock Index contracts will close at 4:00 p.m. Dow/AIG Index contracts will close at 12:00 noon. Overnight electronic trading will be closed.

Trading will close at 12:15 p.m. in the following MidAm contracts: Live Cattle; Lean Hogs; British Pound; and Canadian Dollar

Trading will close at 12:30 p.m. in the following MidAm contracts: Grains/Soybeans; Soybean Meal; and Soybean Oil

Tuesday, January 1, 2002

All CBOT®/MidAm daytime trading will be closed. a/c/e trading will reopen at normal evening times.