Market Data Advisory Notices
To | Market Data Distributors
From | Market Data Operations
Subject | CME Group to Cease Disseminating Daily Equity Price Limits at 2:30 PM Starting Today/Revised Stock Index Price Limits Effective 1st Quarter 2008
Notice Date | 2008-01-02
Notice Number | Q2008-002
Effective Date | 2008-01-02
The following changes affect Stock Index Price Limits for the 1 st quarter 2008 and dissemination of stock index price limits at 2:30 PM daily. Details follow. CME Group to Cease Disseminating Equity Price Limits at 2:30 PM Daily Effective today, CME will cease disseminating equity price limits at 2:30 PM daily. This change does not affect the 6:45 AM transmission of daily price limits. Revised Stock Index Price Limits Effective 1 st Quarter 2008 A harmonized daily price limit Rules of legacy CME stock index futures will be effective as of January 1, 2008. The new daily price limit Rules for all CME domestic index products will be 10%, 20% and 30% for regular trading hours (RTH) and 5% for electronic trading hours (ETH). Price limits for domestic stock index futures are revised to the following levels, effective for the commencement of Electronic Trading Hours (ETH) on Wednesday, January 2 at 5:00 a.m. These limits shall be in force for the balance of the1 st calendar quarter, 2008. Limits and bands are as follows: 1 st Quarter 200 8 Stock Index Price Limits and Bands
Contracts | 5% Limit | 10% Limit | 20% Limit | 30% Limit | 2x No Bust Band | 4x No Bust Band
S&P 500 Ò & E-mini ä | 70.00 | 140.00 | 280.00 | 420.00 | 12.00 | na
MidCap 400 ä & E-mini | 42.00 | 85.00 | 170.00 | 255.00 | 8.00 | na
S&P/Citigroup Growth ä | 35.00 | 70.00 | 140.00 | 210.00 | 8.00 | na
S&P/Citigroup Value ä | 37.00 | 75.00 | 150.00 | 225.00 | 8.00 | na
Russell 2000 Ò & E-mini | 37.00 | 75.00 | 150.00 | 225.00 | 8.00 | na
NASDAQ-100 Ò & E-mini | 105.00 | 210.00 | 420.00 | 630.00 | 24.00 | na
E-mini NASDAQ Composite Ò | 130.00 | 260.00 | 520.00 | 780.00 | 24.00 | na
E-mini NASDAQ Biotechnology Ò | 40.00 | 80.00 | 160.00 | 240.00 | 24.00 | na
S&P 500 Financial SPCTR ä | 20.00 | 40.00 | 80.00 | 120.00 | 6.00 | na
S&P 500 Technology (Telecom/IT) SPCTR ä | 15.00 | 30.00 | 60.00 | 90.00 | 6.00 | na
S&P Smallcap 600 ä & E-mini ä | 20.00 | 40.00 | 80.00 | 120.00 | 8.00 | na
All TRAKRS SM |  |  |  |  | na | 1.00
Exchange Rules call for the limits to be re-calculated quarterly at the close of business on the day preceding the commencement of a new calendar quarter. Note that stock index price limits are generally revised upwards from the limits that were in force during the previous calendar quarter. The Exchange’s price limits are re-assessed quarterly rather than established at fixed levels insofar as fixed limits are not responsive to on-going market fluctuations. CME Rules are designed to coordinate with circuit breaker provisions as applied by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The NYSE enforces limits at 10%, 20% and 30% declines of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), calculated at the beginning of each calendar quarter, using the average closing value of the DJIA for the prior month, rounded to the nearest 50 points. Limits in force during the current quarter are 1,350, 2,700 and 4,000 (limits were at 1,350, 2,700 and 4,050 index points during the previous calendar quarter). The merger between CME and CBOT means that Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures are now an important component of the CME Group’s roster of benchmark stock index products.Effective as of January 13, 2008, new daily price limit Rules for all CBOT domestic index products will be 10%, 20% and 30% for regular trading hours (RTH) and 5% for electronic trading hours (ETH). Limits are as follows:
Contracts | 5% Limit | 10% Limit | 20% Limit | 30% Limit
DJIA Futures | 650.00 | 1,350.00 | 2,700.00 | 4,000.00