This is an update on Friday, September 14^th. Please note that CME�s GLOBEX� 2 electronic trading of interest rate and foreign exchange products will conclude today at 2 p.m. Central time, rather than the usual 4 p.m. close. As previously announced, open outcry trading of interest rate products will close at 1 p.m. today.

Trading is taking place today in all of CME�s interest rate, foreign exchange and commodity markets. GLOBEX2 trading of interest rate and foreign exchange products will open at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday.

The opening of U.S. equity contracts is expected to take place on Monday, September 17^th, coinciding with the expected date that the U.S. securities markets will re-open. Note that the Nikkei 225 stock index contracts, which traded Thursday to accommodate the last trading day of the expiring September contract, will not resume trading until the other CME equity products re-open.