NYMEX To Offer COMEX Metals Side By Side, MINYS Beginning On December 3

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. announced today that it will expand COMEX metals electronic trading to include side by side trading, COMEX miNYs, Asian metals, and London metals futures contracts on the CME Globex® electronic trading platform beginning on December 3 for trade date December 4.

NYMEX will migrate the COMEX gold, silver, copper and aluminum futures contracts, which currently trade after hours on the NYMEX ACCESS® electronic trading system to CME Globex. These contracts will also be offered on CME Globex during open outcry hours, trading virtually 24 hours a day.

NYMEX will launch COMEX miNY gold, silver, and copper futures contracts; Asian gold, silver, and copper futures contracts; and London primary aluminium, London SHG zinc, and London copper grade A futures contracts. In addition, NYMEX will offer calendar spreads for all of the above contracts.