Welcome to the CME Globex Notices for the week of April 9, 2007.

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• This Week
  • Reminder: NYMEX Crude Oil and Heating Oil Futures Extended Listings
  • Reminder: CME Weekly Average Temperature Futures Launch
• April
  • Reminder: CME E-mini S&P 500 Futures Maximum Order Quantity Increase
• May
  • Reminder: CME Credit Index Event Futures Launch
  • Reminder: Extended Listings for CME Lean Hog and Live Cattle Intercommodity Spreads
  • Reminder: NYMEX Products on the CME Market Data Platform
  • Reminder: CME E-mini FTSE/Xinua China 25 Index Futures Launch

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Reminder: NYMEX Crude Oil and Heating Oil Futures Extended Listings  
Effective Sunday, April 15, 2007 (for trade date Monday, April 16), the following NYMEX products on CME Globex will be extended:

With this launch, all currently listed calendar, strips and intercommodity spreads for both the physically settled Crude Oil and Heating Oil will be available for the full listing ranges.

These extended contract months are currently available for customer testing in the certification environment.

Reminder: CME Weekly Average Temperature Futures Launch  
Effective Sunday, April 15, 2007, and Sunday, April 29, the new CME Weekly Average Temperature futures are launching on the CME Globex platform.

These CME Weekly Average Temperature products enable market participants to hedge short-term intra-monthly weather risk. CME Weekly Average Temperature contracts will list two weekly contracts (Monday through Friday), and will be settled the following business day.

The CME Weekly Average Temperature futures scheduled to launch on April 29will be available in the New Release Certification environment this Monday, April 16.

Reminder: CME E-mini S&P 500 Futures Maximum Order Quantity Increase  
Effective Sunday, April 22 (for trade date Monday, April 23), at customers' request, CME is increasing the Maximum Order Quantity limit for CME E-mini S&P 500 ^® futures from the current 1,500 to 2,000. This Maximum Order Quantity change applies only to outrights; there is no change to the Maximum Order Quantity for spreads.

Reminder: CME Credit Index Event Futures Launch  
Effective Sunday, May 6 (for trade date Monday, May 7), CME Credit Index Event futures will launch on the CME Globex platform.

The CME Credit Index Event futures merge the benefits of over-the-counter (OTC) credit default swaps with the advantages of exchange-traded derivatives. These new CME contracts represent the first exchange-traded, centrally cleared and guaranteed product available to the credit derivatives market. CME Credit Index Event contracts are expected to provide a transparent and liquid means of writing protection on and acquiring protection against a number of defined corporate credit events, including bankruptcy and failure to pay. They will trade exclusively on the CME Globex electronic trading platform.

CME Credit Index Event futures will be available in the New Release Certification and Certification environments for customer testing Monday, April 23.

Reminder: Extended Listings for CME Lean Hog and Live Cattle Intercommodity Spreads  
Effective Sunday, May 6, 2007 (for trade date Monday, May 7), CME is extending the listings for intercommodity spreads on the CME Lean Hog and CME Live Cattle futures. These spreads use the Strategy Type Code IS.

The complete list of intercommodity spreads available for trading upon launch is online.

These extended intercommodity spreads will be available for customer testing in the CME certification environment Monday, April 23.

Reminder: NYMEX Products on the CME Market Data Platform  
Effective Sunday, May 6, 2007, CME is decommissioning the legacy NYMEX market data channel (20) on the CME Market Data Platform.

Since the introduction of NYMEX futures and spreads on the CME Globex platform, market data messaging rates on the CME Market Data Platform NYMEX channel (20) have steadily increased, recently reaching peaks greater than 3 mbps. To better manage bandwidth utilization, CME leveraged the scalability of the CME Market Data Platform and introduced three new channels for NYMEX and COMEX ^® products.

Complete information on the three new NYMEX and COMEX channels on the CME Market Data Platform, including the products assigned to each channel, is available online.

More information on NYMEX and COMEX products on the CME Globex platform is available at www.nymexoncmeglobex.com.

Reminder: CME E-mini FTSE/Xinua China 25 Index Futures Launch  
Effective Sunday, May 20 (for trade date Monday, May 21), the CME E-mini FTSE ^®/Xinhua ^® China 25 Index futures on the CME Globex platform.

The CME E-mini FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index futures are designed to meet the growing need for 24-hour access to the Chinese equity markets. The FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index is comprised of 25 of the largest, most liquid red-chip and H-share Chinese companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

CME E-mini FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index futures will be available for customer testing in the New Release Certification and Certification environments Monday, May 7.