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NYMEX To Offer TAS For Physical Futures Contracts On CME Globex®

Date 23/08/2006

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. announced today that it will offer trading at settlement (TAS) for its physical energy futures contracts that will begin trading on CME Globex during regular floor trading hours, beginning on September 4 for trade date September 5.

TAS will be available for the first two months of trading for energy futures contracts traded on the NYMEX trading floor and on CME Globex.

NYMEX launched financially settled, standard-sized and NYMEX miNYTM energy futures contracts for trading on CME Globex on June 12. Access to electronic trading of NYMEX products is available virtually 24 hours a day on CME Globex.