The following is provided as a reminder regarding the closing schedule for Chicago Board of Trade contracts on Friday, February 17.

1)         Open auction Financial contracts will close at 12:00 noon.  The Modified Closing Call will be in effect as usual for applicable Financial futures.  However, the Modified Closing Call will begin earlier than usual for these futures based on the 12:00 noon closing time.

2)         All other open auction contracts will close at their regular times and will follow their usual closing procedures.

3)         Dow/AIG Index^sm  e-cbot® (electronic) trading will close at 12:00 noon.  Metals e-cbot trading will close at 12:30 p.m.  Financial e-cbot trading will close at 1:00 p.m.  All other e-cbot trading will close at the normal times.