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COMMODITY UPDATE March 11, 2008
Important Changes to Grain and Oilseed Contracts

Announcing Side By Side Grain and Oilseed Options
Effective April 13, 2008 for trading day April 14, 2008, CME Group Grain and Oilseed electronic options will trade side-by-side with options on the floor. The CME Group Grain and Oilseed complex continues to be the global benchmark for pricing and risk management with distribution around the world.

Now with dedicated market makers providing streaming continuous, live bid/offer quotes, side-by-side options will increase your opportunity to reach the largest available liquidity pool.

For more information, email commodities@cmegroup.com or contact a Commodity Team     member listed at the bottom of this email.

New Price Limits for Grain and Oilseed Products
Pending CFTC approval and following the recent increase for Wheat daily price limits, effective March 28, 2008, CME Group will increase initial daily price limits for CBOT Corn, Mini-sized Corn, Soybean, Mini-sized Soybean and Soybean Oil futures. The increases will be as follows:

Contract
Increase From

Increase To

Corn
$0.20
$0.30 per bushel
Mini-sized Corn
$0.20
$0.30 per bushel
Soybeans
$0.50
$0.70 per bushel
Mini-sized Soybeans
$0.50
$0.70 per bushel
Soybean Oil
$0.020
$0.025 per pound

For more information, email commodities@cmegroup.com or contact a Commodity Team     member listed at the bottom of this email.

 

CME Group Commodity Team
John Harangody, Director, Commodity Products, (312.446.4437
)
Errol Baxter, Dairy and Lumber Products (312.930.8202)
Anne Carrara, Index and Ethanol Products, (312.930.4597)
Thomas Clark, Livestock, Dairy, and Wood Pulp Products (312.930.4595)
Richard Jelinek, Grain and Oilseed Products (312.930.2320)
Susan Sutherland, Grain and Oilseed Products (312.930.2325)