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CME Announces Independence Day Holiday Trading Schedule

Date 01/07/2003

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) has announced the following trading schedule for the Independence Day holiday:

Thursday, July 3: All interest rate, foreign exchange, commodity products and GSCI® futures traded on CME's trading floors close at noon Central time (except commodity options, which close at 12:02 p.m.). Stock index products close at 12:15 p.m.

Products traded on GLOBEX® during Regular Trading Hours (RTH) close as follows: commodities and GSCI futures close at 12:00 noon; chemicals, foreign exchange, interest rates and stock indexes close at 12:15 p.m.

Friday, July 4: CME trading floors and GLOBEX are closed in observance of the Independence Day holiday.

Sunday, July 6: GLOBEX opens at 5:30 p.m., its usual time (for a trade date on July 7).