The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. announced today that it will offer trading at settlement (TAS) for its physical energy futures contracts that will begin trading on CME Globex during regular floor trading hours, beginning September 4^th, 2006 (trade date September 5^th ). 

TAS will be available for the first two months of trading for energy futures contracts traded on the NYMEX trading floor and on CME Globex.

NYMEX launched financially settled, standard-sized and NYMEX miNYTM energy futures contracts for trading on CME Globex on June 12. Access to electronic trading of NYMEX products is available virtually 24 hours a day on CME Globex.

For more information, go to http://www.nymexoncmeglobex.com/

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