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CME Group/Chicago HQ
Main Switchboard
Local: 312-930-1000
Toll Free: 866-716-7274

 

Customer Service
Product inquiries, website issues, and specific questions
Phone: 312-930-2316
Toll Free: 800-331-3332
E-mail:
info@cmegroup.com

 

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Trading Hours
 
Trading Hours

Trading hours are in U.S. Central Time, the time in Chicago, where CME Group is headquartered, with one exception: hours for Eurozone HICP futures and options are in London time.  Click here to view the Holiday Calendar.

For a listing of closing range time periods for CME and CBOT products traded via open outcry, please click here.

 
 


Commodities
Product Name
Open Outcry
Electronic Trading (Weekday)
Electronic Trading (Sunday)
CME ClearPort
Butter Futures
Butter Options
09:05-13:10
09:05-13:12
     
Butter Spot Call 11:05-11:15      
Cash-Settled Butter Futures
Cash-Settled Butter Options
  Mon 9:05 - Fri 13:55
Daily Halts 16:00-17:00
Pre-Open at 16:15  
Cheese Spot Call 10:45-10:55      
Class III Milk Futures
Class III Milk Options
09:05-13:10
09:05-13:12
Mon 9:05 - Fri 13:55
Daily Halts 16:00-17:00
Pre-Open at 16:15  
Class IV Milk Futures
Class IV Milk Options
09:05-13:10
09:05-13:12
Mon 9:05 - Fri 13:55
Daily Halts 16:00-17:00
Pre-Open at 16:15  
Corn Futures
Corn Options
09:30-13:15
09:30-13:15
18:00-07:15 and 09:30-13:15
18:00-07:15 and 09:30-13:15
   
Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index   8:15-13:30    
Dry Whey Futures
Dry Whey Options
  Mon 9:05 - Fri 13:55
Daily Halts 16:00-17:00
Pre-Open at 16:15  
Feeder Cattle Futures
Feeder Cattle Options
09:05-13:00
09:05-13:02
Mon 9:05 - Fri 13:55
Daily Halts 16:00-17:00
Pre-Open at 16:15  
Frozen Pork Bellies Futures
Frozen Pork Bellies Options
09:05-13:00
09:05-13:02
Mon 9:05 - Fri 13:55
Daily Halts 16:00-17:00
Pre-Open at 16:15
 
Grain and Oilseed Swaps   17:00-16:15 17:00-16:15  
Lean Hogs Futures
Lean Hogs Options
09:05-13:00
09:05-13:02
Mon 9:05 - Fri 13:55
Daily Halts 16:00-17:00
   
Live Cattle Futures
Live Cattle Options
09:05-13:00
09:05-13:02
Mon 9:05 - Fri 13:55
Daily Halts 16:00-17:00
   
Lumber Futures
Lumber Options
09:00-13:05
09:00-13:07
17:00-16:00 17:00-16:00  
Mini-sized Corn Futures 09:30-13:45 18:00-07:15 and 09:30-13:15    
Mini-sized Soybean Futures 09:30-13:45 18:00-07:15 and 09:30-13:15    
Mini-sized Wheat Futures 09:30-13:45 18:00-07:15 and 09:30-13:15    
Nonfat Dry Milk Futures
Nonfat Dry Milk Options
09:05-13:10
09:05-13:12
Mon 9:05 - Fri 13:55
Daily Halts 16:00-17:00
Pre-Open at 16:15  
Nonfat Dry Milk Spot Call 10:55-11:00      
Oat Futures
Oat Options
09:30-13:15
09:30-13:15
18:00-07:15 and 09:30-13:15
18:00-07:15 and 09:30-13:15
   
Rough Rice Futures
Rough Rice Options
09:30-13:15 18:00-07:15 and 09:30-13:15
18:00-07:15 and 09:30-13:15
   
S&P-GSCI Futures
S&P-GSCI Options
07:55-13:40
07:55-13:40
17:00-16:00
 
17:00-16:00
 
 
S&P-GSCI Excess Return Index Swaps       5:00pm Sunday to 4:15pm Friday, with a 45-minute break between 4:15 and 5:00pm
S&P-GSCI Excess Return Index Futures   17:00-16:00 17:00-16:00  
Soybean Futures
Soybean Options
09:30-13:15
 
18:00-07:15 and 09:30-13:15    
Soybean Meal Futures
Soybean Meal Options
09:30-13:15
09:30-13:15
18:00-07:15 and 09:30-13:15
18:00-07:15 and 09:30-13:15
   
Soybean Oil Futures
Soybean Oil Options
09:30-13:15
 
18:00-07:15 and 09:30-13:15
18:00-07:15 and 09:30-13:15
   
Wheat Futures
Wheat Options
09:30-13:15
 
18:00-07:15 and 09:30-13:15
18:00-07:15 and 09:30-13:15
   
Hardwood Pulp   17:00-16:00 17:00-16:00  
Softwood Pulp Futures
Softwood Pulp Options
  17:00-16:00 17:00-16:00