Clearing  House Advisory Notices
To Clearing Member Firms, Chief Financial Officers, and Back Office Managers
From Clearing House Department
Subject HOLIDAY SCHEDULE-GOOD FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 2005
Notice Date 2005-03-18
Notice Number 05-48
Effective Date  

Thursday, March 24, 2005

CME Floor Trading
Commodities futures, foreign exchange and interest rates will close at 12:00 noon, and commodity options will close at 12:02 p.m.  Equity, index and GSCI products will have normal hours. 

GLOBEX
Foreign exchange and interest rates traded on GLOBEX during Regular Trading Hours (RTH) close at 3:15 p.m. (same as equities & indexes).  Commodities and Fertilizer products traded on GLOBEX during RTH close at 12:00 noon.  GLOBEX will resume trading at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 27, 2005 for the trade date of Monday, March 28, 2005.

Trade processing, clearing, and banking schedules remain unchanged.

CBOT Trading Floor
Financial products will close at 12:00 noon.  Agricultural and equity products will have normal trading hours. 

e-cbot
Dow-AIG products will close at 12:00 p.m.  Financial and metal products will close at 12:30 p.m.  Agricultural and equity products will have normal trading hours.  e-cbot trading will resume trading at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 27, 2005, for the trade date of Monday, March 28, 2005.

Expiration Options
An out-trade session for expiring April Options will be held on the CBOT trading floor at the normal time.

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