Starting Sunday, December 3,2006 (trade date Monday, December 4), COMEX^® and NYMEX metal futures and spreads will be listed on CME Globex.  In preparation for the launch, these COMEX and NYMEX metal futures and spreads are currently available for testing, with implied functionality, in CME’s certification environment.

Mock Trading Session

CME is hosting a mock trading session on Saturday, December 2nd from 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. CT.  The session will include both scripted and unscripted testing.

More information on this mock trading session is available online in the Mock Trading Session Plan and Mock Trading Session Script.

New Functionality Available

CME is introducing the new Spread Type Code of RT for Silver calendar spreads. More information on Spread Type Codes, (positions 727-728 of the Instrument Creation (MO) messages), is available in the CME Market Data Platform Developer's Guide. CME is also introducing miNY settlement price rounding functionality to support these new products.

More information about the product launch is available in the COMEX and NYMEX Metal Futures on the CME Globex Platform Client Impact Assessment.

For questions regarding this notice, contact:

Marilee Radecki                                312.930.8193                        mradecki@cme.com

Kevin Brady                                      312.648.3653                        kbrady@cme.com

Thank you.