• Initial Listing of Four (4) Baltic Freight Route Futures Contracts

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      • SER-8063
      • Notice Date
      • 19 December 2017
      • Effective Date
      • 07 January 2018

    • Effective Sunday, January 7, 2018, for trade date Monday, January 8, 2018, and pending all relevant CFTC regulatory review periods, New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (“NYMEX” or “Exchange”) will list four (4) new freight route futures contracts based on the Baltic Exchange (“Baltic”) price assessments.

      For additional information, please contact:

      Mok Wing Chew         WingChew.Mok@cmegroup.com       +65 6593 5583

      Verena Peternell         Verena.Peternell@cmegroup.com     +44 20 3379 3723

      Please click here for PDF of SER-8063.

      Initial Listing of Four (4) Baltic Freight Route Futures Contracts

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