Effective Sunday, March 25, 2007, for business day Monday, March 26, 2007, CME FX futures and options on CME Globex trading schedule will be expanded to open two hours earlier, at 15:00 CT on Sundays. Currently, CME FX futures and options markets open on Sunday for trading at 17:00 CT.  In addition, the pre-market open period will be reduced from the current 45 minutes to 30 minutes, commencing at 14:30 CT on Sundays.

With this change, CME Front End Clearing (FEC) application will be available at 15:00 CT. Also, clearing firms who subscribe to receive their MQM clearing confirms on a 24 hour basis will start receiving their clearing confirms two hours earlier at 15:00 CT instead of the current 17:00 CT. This will not impact clearing firms who do not subscribe to 24 hour clearing confirm MQM messaging.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact CME Clearing Services at (312) 207-2525, or via email at ccs@cme.com.