For Immediate Release

Contact:          
Nicole L. Rallings
312.341.3378
news@cbot.com

CBOT MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., HOLIDAY TRADING SCHEDULE

CHICAGO, January 4, 2006 – The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) has established the following trading schedule in connection with the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday:

Friday, January 13:

• Open auction:   Financial contracts will close at 12:00 p.m.  All other open auction contracts (Agricultural and Stock Index) will close at their normal times.
• Electronic trading:   Dow/AIG Commodity Index ^SM contracts will close at 12:00 p.m. Metals contracts will close at 12:30 p.m. Financial contracts will close at 1:00 p.m.  All other electronic trading will close at normal times.

Sunday, January 15

• Overnight electronic trading will be closed.

Monday, January 16

• All daytime trading will be closed.  Electronic trading reopens at normal evening times.

For more information, please log on to the exchange web site at www.cbot.com.