NYMEX To Expand Natural Gas Futures Contracts Through 2020

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., a subsidiary of NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMX), today announced that it will expand the listing of contract months for its natural gas, natural gas swap, and natural gas penultimate swap futures contracts up to 12 years, beginning on February 17 for trade date February 19.

Contracts on the NYMEX trading floor and NYMEX ClearPort® will be listed for the current year plus the next 12 years through December 2020. Contracts listed on the CME Globex® electronic trading platform will expand to the current year plus the next eight years, for a listing through December 2016. This expansion will also apply to natural gas calendar spreads and strips listed on CME Globex.

The contracts are currently listed for the current contract year plus five additional years.