CME Announces Market Hours Of Operation In Honor Of National Day Of Mourning For President Gerald R. Ford

CME, the world's largest and most diverse financial exchange, has announced that it will observe the passing of President Gerald R. Ford by closing all Commodity and Equity Index markets on Tuesday, January 2, 2007. In addition, Foreign Exchange and Interest Rate markets will remain open until Noon Central Time on Tuesday, January 2. All products trading on CME Globex(R), the exchange's electronic trading platform, will reopen at their regularly scheduled time Tuesday, January 2 for a trade date of Wednesday, January 3, 2007.