The Exchange trading floors and normal operations will be closed on Thursday, November 24, 2005, in observance of Thanksgiving Day.  As a result, on Wednesday, November 23, 2005, commodity futures, foreign exchange and interest rate products will close at 12:00 noon Central Time (CT), and commodity options will close at 12:02 p.m. CT.

Please view the Thanksgiving Day holiday hours located at

http://www.cme.com/trading/res/cch/2005thanksgiving832.html

for specifics.

If you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact:

Marilee Radecki                    312.930.8193                        mradecki@cme.com

Kevin Brady                           312.648.3653                        kbrady@cme.com

Lisa Amato                            312.338.2654                        lamato@cme.com

Thank you.