New York Mercantile Exchange Announces NYMEX ACCESS® Hours For Gold, Silver, Copper, And Aluminum Futures Contracts For January 14, 2005

New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., gold, silver, copper, and aluminum futures contracts will be available for trading on NYMEX ACCESS® from 12:45 PM to 4:30 PM New York time, on Friday, January 14, 2005, preceding the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday. Exchange open outcry trading will close early on this day, as was previously announced.