The following is provided as a reminder regarding the closing schedule for Chicago Board of Trade contracts on Friday, February 16.

1. Open auction Financial contracts will close at 12 noon.  Open auction Metal contracts will close at 12:30 p.m.  All other open auction contracts will close at their regular times and will follow their usual closing procedures.

      The Modified Closing Call will be in effect as usual for applicable CBOT® contracts.  However, the Modified Closing Call will commence earlier than usual in cases where the applicable contracts have an early close.

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