• Initial Listing of Three (3) (Platts) Freight Route Futures Contracts

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      • SER-8157
      • Notice Date
      • 05 June 2018
      • Effective Date
      • 01 July 2018

    • Effective Sunday, July 1, 2018, for trade date Monday, July 2, 2018, and pending all relevant CFTC regulatory review periods, New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (“NYMEX” or “Exchange”) will list three (3) freight route (Platts) futures contracts (the “Contracts”) set forth in the table below for trading on the CME Globex electronic trading platform and for submission for clearing via CME ClearPort.

      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-8157.

      Initial Listing of Three (3) (Platts) Freight Route Futures Contracts

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