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CME Group Daily Settlement Procedures

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 Daily Settlement Times Details
Daily Settlement Time Ranges Updates to cmegroup.com
Livestock: 12:59:30-13:00:00 CT 13:30, 14:05, 14:45, 15:15, 15:55, 19:00 CT
Lumber: 13:04:30-13:05:00 CT 13:30, 14:05, 14:45, 15:15, 15:55, 19:00 CT
Dairy: 13:09:30-13:10:00 CT 13:30, 14:05, 14:45, 15:15, 15:55, 19:00 CT
Grains: 13:14:00-13:15:00 CT 13:30, 14:05, 14:45, 15:15, 15:55, 19:00 CT
Oilseeds: Rotation beginning at 13:15:00 CT 13:30, 14:05, 14:45, 15:15, 15:55, 19:00
CT Ethanol: 13:13:00-13:15:00 CT 13:30, 14:05, 14:45, 15:15, 15:55, 19:00
CT GSCI 13:39:30-13:40:00 CT 13:30, 14:05, 14:45, 15:15, 15:55, 19:00 CT
FX: 13:59:30-14:00:00 CT 14:30, 15:00, 15:20, 19:00 CT
Financials
Treasuries: 13:59:30-14:00:00 CT 14:15, 14:30, 15:02, 15:30, 19:00 CT
Int. Rates: 13:59:00-14:00:00 CT 14:15, 14:30, 15:02, 15:30, 19:00 CT
Fed Funds: 14:00:00 CT 14:15, 14:30, 15:02, 15:30, 19:00 CT
Housing: 13:59:00-14:00:00 CT 14:15, 14:30, 15:02, 15:30, 19:00 CT
Equities: 15:14:00-15:15:00 CT 15:30, 15:45, 16:00, 16:30, 17:00, 19:00 CT
Weather: 15:15:00 CT 15:30, 15:45, 16:00, 16:30, 17:00, 19:00 CT
Metals
Palladium: 12:58:00-13:00:00 ET 13:31, 14:02, 14:32, 17:30, 20:00 ET
Copper: 12:59:00-13:00:00 ET 13:31, 14:02, 14:32, 17:30, 20:00 ET
Platinum: 12:59:00-13:00:00 ET 13:31, 14:02, 14:32, 17:30, 20:00 ET
Aluminum: 13:14:00-13:15:00 ET 13:31, 14:02, 14:32, 17:30, 20:00 ET
Silver: 13:24:00-13:25:00 ET 13:31, 14:02, 14:32, 17:30, 20:00 ET
Gold: 13:29:00-13:30:00 ET 13:31, 14:02, 14:32, 17:30, 20:00 ET
Energy
Energies: 14:28:00-14:30:00 ET 14:47, 15:02, 15:31, 16:01, 16:31, 17:30, 20:00 ET
CME ClearPort Clearing
CPC: Closes at 16:15 ET 16:02, 16:32, 17:00, 17:30, 18:00, 18:30, 20:00 ET

Downloadable Daily Settlement Time Ranges PDF

If you have any questions regarding settlements, please contact Tom Lord, Director, Settlements, at 312-341-3116.

Note: The CME Group settlement price pages are updated periodically beginning with the close of agricultural commodity products at approximately 1:30 p.m. CST. Initial settlement prices are subject to change until final settlement prices are posted at approximately 7:00 p.m., CST. Please note that, on occasion, final settlement prices issued at approximately 7:00 p.m. CST may be subject to further change due to a variety of factors.

* Time range in which the relevant data is utilized to derive the daily settlement on normal trading days. For all Holidays in which the Trading Floor closes early, these times will be adjusted to reflect those Noon closes.

** Estimated times in which any settlements that have been derived up to that point are automatically updated on http://www.cmegroup.com/ on normal trading days. For all Holidays in which the Trading Floor closes early, times will be adjusted to reflect those Noon closes. These times may vary by as much as 10 minutes.