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CBOT/MidAm Thanksgiving Holiday Trading Schedule

Date 21/11/2000

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) and the MidAmerica Commodity Exchange (MidAm) have established the following Thanksgiving holiday trading schedules:

Wednesday, Nov. 22 CBOT® (open outcry) Financial, Agricultural, Metals, and Insurance contracts will close at 12:00 noon; Stock Index contracts will close at 3:15 p.m. a/c/e trading will close at normal times. Overnight a/c/e trading will be closed. Trading will close at 12:15 p.m. in the following MidAm contracts: Live Cattle; Lean Hogs; Australian Dollar; British Pound; Canadian Dollar; Deutsche Mark; Euro; Japanese Yen; Swiss Franc; Eurodollar; and U.S. Treasury Bill Trading will close at 12:30 p.m. in the following MidAm contracts: Grains/Soybeans; Soybean Meal; Soybean Oil; Options on Corn Futures; Options on Wheat Futures; Options on Soybean Futures; Options on Soybean Oil Futures

Trading will close at 12:50 p.m. in the following MidAm contracts: U.S. Treasury Bond; U.S. Treasury Bond Options; 5- and 10-Year U.S. Treasury Notes.

Trading will close at 11:20 a.m. in the following MidAm contracts: New York Silver; New York Gold; Options on NY Gold Futures; and Platinum Thursday, Nov. 23 All CBOT®/MidAm day trading will be closed to observe the Thanksgiving Day holiday. a/c/e trading will reopen at normal evening times. Friday, Nov. 24 CBOT® (open outcry) Agricultural, Financial, Metal, and Insurance contracts will close at 12:00 noon; Stock Index contracts will close at 12:15 p.m. a/c/e trading will close at its normal times.

Trading will close at 12:15 p.m. in the following MidAm contracts: Live Cattle; Lean Hogs; Australian Dollar; British Pound; Canadian Dollar; Deutsche Mark; Euro; Japanese Yen; Swiss Franc; Eurodollar; and U.S. Treasury Bill

Trading will close at 12:30 p.m. in the following MidAm contracts: Grains/Soybeans; Soybean Meal; Soybean Oil; Options on Corn Futures; Options on Wheat Futures; Options on Soybean Futures; Options on Soybean Oil Futures

Trading will close at 12:50 p.m. in the following MidAm contracts: U.S. Treasury Bond; U.S. Treasury Bond Options; 5- and 10-Year U.S. Treasury Notes. Trading will be closed in the following MidAm contracts: New York Silver; New York Gold; Options on NY Gold Futures; and Platinum